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I have most of the issues you all are discussing. Took me 20 years to find...
crushing the major nerve root exiting L3 ... L4 L5. ... I got my life back with the surgery, ... were too soft and they had to take me back ... of my neck and stick a rod down my back
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 20, 2024
Hello Mike, I appreciate your reply. The surgery I'm supposed to have isn't because of AS,...
nerve impingement, and slippage of the L4 ... over L3. ... a new compression fracture in the L4 ... It was a burst fracture of the L3 and ... L4 vertebrae.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 26, 2025
I had L1, L2 and .L3 done along with opening the hole where the stenosis was...
I had L1, L2 and .L3 done along with ... I did do PT after surgery. ... I did great for about 4 months until ... surgeon did another MRI and saw my L4 ... arthritis which would explain the lower back
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 10, 2024
Oh, I feel your pain, literally. I came on here to find support for my husband’s...
been numb from a double laminectomy, L- ... 4- L-5, Toe dropped before surgery & ... thinking, at this point, I may never get back ... I am 3 years post op).
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Aug 5, 2023
@loriesco I've had 2 MRI's and 3 back surgeons tell me the same thing. Surgery is...
loriesco I've had 2 MRI's and 3 ... back surgeons tell me the same thing ... Surgery is the only answer. ... Yes, I do have lumbar stenosis at L4 ... don't want rods and screws in my back
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Apr 6 12:05pm
I had the M.I.L.D. procedure on L4-L5 on December 12. Today marks five weeks since the...
I had the M.I.L.D. procedure on L4-L5 ... My stenosis at L4-L5 was moderate except ... As a gymnast you had some surgeries, ... I am 89 years old, never had any surgeries ... as they say it sometimes can take 3
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 20 3:11pm
I had a successful trial with the Boston Scientific Wave Writer for low backpain after L4-5...
Wave Writer for low backpain after L4 ... pain (felt like pulled muscles in my back ... Day 3 & 4 were more successful than ... but since I'm not happy with my L4 ... 5 fusion, I don't want another surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 16, 2023
I had that too for many years and the culprit as it is for many people...
for many people is decompression at L3 ... L4, L5. ... , and I had to go in for immediate surgery ... nerves. it was the most wonderful surgery ... It gave me my life back after 20 years
Discussion: Back Pain
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Feb 3, 2025
@ccchang We will be traveling to Tahiti and French Polynesia. We've wanted to go on our...
First, a right L4-5 hemilaminectomy ... in 2023, then TLIF fusion of L4-5 in ... a laminectomy of the level above, L3 ... -4. ... Have you been back to the surgeon to
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 26 5:04am
Joe-190 sounds about right for a Joseph but if you’re a Josefina 160 might be a...
a cousin who told me last week her back ... was my disc fell completely out, and L4 ... He saw back surgeries being bad and ... and now the adjacent areas outside L3 ... L4 L5 are falling down.
Posted: Apr 12, 2025
I’m due to have T10-Pelvic done. I’ve had three prior surgeries all of which went well....
I’ve had three prior surgeries all of ... L4-5 laminectomy, fusion 2013, 7 years ... Undid 4-5, laminectomy 2-5, rods, screws ... by week 3 feeling pretty good…walking ... I do back exercises every other day
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Dec 14, 2025
@mimibelle I’m sorry to hear that your husband (and you) is suffering. Have you received all...
weakness and numbness in my lower back ... injections only helped a little (first 3/ ... 4). ... I had decompression and fusion surgery ... on L4-L5 in 2024 and many symptoms
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jun 9, 2025
I have a bad back and am facing spinal fusion soon encompassing L4, L5, and S1....
I have a bad back and am facing spinal ... fusion soon encompassing L4, L5, and ... during recovery from hip replacement surgery ... PT for months on the hip and about 3 ... This is a new thing for me as my back
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Dec 1, 2025
Hello everyone, I live in Western Australia. CBD oil is strictly managed here, and can only...
I had a back fusion 4 years ago on L4 ... I had another surgery 3 days after the ... Another surgery 2 years after the first ... a different doctor) said the first surgery ... Every time after injections I cut back
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jan 3, 2025
@phxratt1 How long ago did you have surgery? Where are your biggest places/sources of pain? Is...
phxratt1 How long ago did you have surgery ... L3-L5 due to severe stenosis, degenerative ... This caused lower back, hip, buttock ... -296507 3. https://spinemd.com/conditions ... /pseudarthrosis/ 4. https://www.epainassist.com
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jun 4, 2025
Spines are complicated - never forget that fact!! I just had an anterior cervical discectomy &...
discectomy & fusion (ACDF) of C-3 ... relieved the right foot neuropathy & back ... of L-4-5 & S-1 in May of 2023 for ... claims I talked my surgeon into the back ... surgery first.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 26, 2024
Hi btw, I had laminotomies at S1, L5, L4 about 10 years ago. It was done...
, L4 about 10 years ago. ... was done to relieve sciatic pain (back ... It sounds like S1 through L3 would have ... You may very well need this surgery, ... there is anything you can do short of surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 3, 2025
@annie1 I meant to mention that I have experience with cervical and lumbar spine surgeries and...
who properly diagnosed me and did my 3 ... cervical and lumbar surgeries. ... significant pain/weakness/numbness in lower back ... After having my L3-L5 decompressed and ... My L4-L5 level (spinal canal/nerve roots
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Jul 26, 2025
Hi, first I'm so sorry you're going thru this pain. In 2023, I had L5 S1...
In 2023, I had L5 S1 fusion with 4 pins ... neuropathy in both feet, hip pain, back ... increased protein, take calcium, d3 ... I do not want a revision surgery. ... This surgery destroyed my life.
Discussion: SI joint fusion
Posted: May 31, 2025
@rpr13 Did you see a neurologist for EMG/nerve conduction studies of upper and lower limbs to...
If it comes back normal, you could still ... I also had lumbar surgery on l3-l5 and ... hindsight, the severe stenosis at l4 ... had pain/weakness/numbness from low back ... My L4 was slipping over my L5 so needed