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Hi again @annie1 et al My appointment with a third Nuerosurgeon (NS) went summarily like this:...
It'll be a major surgery with 3 ... the spine anteriorly) and another 4 ... for a few more weeks and possible back ... warned that the level above (being L4 ... I'll need another surgery soon (
Thigh pain, groin pain and knee pain in a replaced knee started a few weeks after...
I never had pain in the back of my thigh ... neurosurgeon are recommending a fusion of L3 ... L4 Vertebrae, as this could be the ... I had a lumbar spinal surgery 3 months ... the hip replacement and do not have back
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: May 18, 2023
I am 8 weeks out from fusion of L4-5, at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. I had...
I am 8 weeks out from fusion of L4-5 ... I had back pain from OA, bulging discs ... I went back to work at 3 weeks, but ... The pain after surgery for me was bad ... I went to 3 other NS before choosing
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Mar 17, 2021
Thanks for your input. The last surgeon who did my L4/L5 laminectomy in 2021 ordered a...
The last surgeon who did my L4/L5 laminectomy ... Within 4 days I had the cervical MRI ... The 3 back surgeries corrected any spinal ... There is some foraminal stenosis at L3 ... /L4 which a couple of Transforaminal
Discussion: Sciatica
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Apr 9, 2025
I have the exact same thing. Horrible shin pain. Mostly when walking or standing. I’m 68...
Had 2 cortisone injections in my l4 ... l5 with no help. ... Had back surgery (laminectomy) for spinal ... Taking lyrica 3 times a day. ... Have an appointment for yet another back
Discussion: Help me diagnose
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: May 27, 2025
I have been experiencing back pain since 16 or 17 years old. I am now 25....
I have been experiencing back pain since ... MRI which showed a herniated disc at L4 ... herniation with steroid injections (3 ... were pain relieving so I was sent back ... no more and did not want to perform surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Apr 17, 2018
I am a 69 year old female who had L4-S1 fusion in January 22 at Mayo...
I am a 69 year old female who had L4 ... Prior to the surgery I had experienced ... pain is now completely gone, and I am back ... light weight training at the gym, plus 3- ... surgeon was kind and supportive, and surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 26, 2023
i had a spinal fusion in my l4/l5 approximately 8 weeks ago. This was my 3rd...
i had a spinal fusion in my l4/l5 approximately ... This was my 3rd back surgery, and most ... of me, but I am happy I did it, my back
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 7, 2019
Greetings and I wish you best of luck with your treatments. I had a spinal Fusion...
I had a spinal Fusion ( L4-S1) April ... My back is nor grinding when I lean ... squeaking/grinding which is believed to be L3 ... grinding on top of L4. ... My back surgery instantly removed my
Posted: Jul 4, 2023
I just went through L4-S1 fusion in April L5 was loose . My personal opinion I...
I just went through L4-S1 fusion in ... I just went to see a 3rd surgeon yesterday ... They don’t want to do another surgery ... come up behind me while I was sitting 3 ... but should be ok and that at 4 weeks
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 12, 2024
Hi. Best wishes on your journey, and thanks for sharing. I had lumbar spinal fusion L4-L5–S1...
I had lumbar spinal fusion L4-L5–S1 ... This is after 20 years of lower back ... I’m now 11 days post surgery, and I’ ... Tonight it’s 4:20 am (lol) and I had ... maybe 3 hours of sleep so far and my
Thanks to @gailb and @lioness. To answer a few questions from Gail, here is what I...
No physical injury traumatized my back ... aware of): 1) Spondylolisthesis L4 ... S1, 2) Degenerative disc disease L3 ... -L4 and L4-S1, hypertrophy, narrow fromiam ... She too says I am facing surgery.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 10, 2018
I had two surgeries in 2022. In 3/2022, I had a laminectomy/discectomy L5-S1. My pain was...
In 3/2022, I had a laminectomy/discectomy ... compression of the nerves that run through L3 ... -L4. ... Surgery went well. ... Went back to wound clinic after staples
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Dec 8, 2023
I failed every treatment over the last 20 years. Finally gave up and just lived with...
I had an L4-5 fusion and L2-4 laminectomies ... It gradually came back and I can only ... get the injections every 3 months because ... now had progression of stenosis with back ... I had 3 epidural cysts that had to
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Dec 4, 2024
I have to carry a gel cushion to set on anywhere I go. Can’t sleep in...
stenosis, I was already fused in 2002 at L3 ... -L4. ... got me out of he wheelchair the last 4 ... visits to even look at my back . ... I’ve seen 3 other surgeons all they
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jun 10, 2024
Reading everyone's posts about chronic pain and I have degenerative disc disease in the L2-L3 and...
-L3 and L4-L5 but have a Harrington ... Rod in my back that was in for scoliosis ... today because the only thing left is surgery ... I had my surgery done at the Mayo Clinic ... would be dead if I hadn't done the surgery
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Feb 22, 2017
Yes I experienced this last year , lifted something heavy and fractured L1-2, and L2-3 and...
lifted something heavy and fractured L1 ... -2, and L2-3 and 2 weeks later 3 and ... 4. ... Very painful had 2 kyphoplasties surgeries ... your feet but it will heal .I wore a back
Posted: Jul 20, 2025
I just had a paddle lead proclaim Abbott’s spinal cord stimulator placed. In the 3 weeks...
In the 3 weeks that it has been in I ... have had 95% pain relief at the L4/ ... during the night and I woke up at 4 ... the level of pain I had before the surgery ... I have had 4 back surgeries too and
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 4, 2025
Joe, I respectfully disagree with you on icing the lower back. I do experience serious issues...
-L3 and L3-L4...broad-based posterior ... IMPINGEMENT of bilateral descending L3 ... " As if that were not enough, L3 ... IMPINGEMENT of bilateral descending L4 ... right and left lateral recesses." L4
I had L4-L5 fusion in mid-July of 2023 after a downward ride of increasing right leg...
I had L4-L5 fusion in mid-July of 2023 ... The surgery took 5 hours and eliminated ... to 30-40 min per day with some low back ... Surgery recovery was quite smooth; fatigue ... All restrictions lifted at 3 months