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I had fusion L3, L4, L5 and honestly I’ve lost no mobility over the years. I...
I had fusion L3, L4, L5 and honestly ... I got my life back and I’m loving it ... spine is falling apart and cervical surgery ... nearly as well, but I loved my lumbar surgery ... I was such a mess before surgery that
Posted: Aug 17, 2024
Hi Sheri, I’m back from my appointment with Dr Krishna. He was very thorough in going...
Hi Sheri, I’m back from my appointment ... with the SI Joint fusion, crushed L3 ... vertebra, Kyphoplasty, crushed L3 again ... and the L3 L4 & L4 L5 Fusion, Medtronic ... I think I am looking at a T2 to L4 fusion
I did for years. After it got to a less than 20% opening where the nerves...
L 1 to L4 had to be rebuilt. And. ... and arthritis it required to have my back ... And between L3 and L4 just to aline ... after hearing so many people going back ... year to be able to do what I can now 3
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 11, 2025
Not sure if this relates... I had 3 surgeons ready to do TKR on L knee,...
I had 3 surgeons ready to do TKR on ... L knee, then 4th surgeon said, no reason ... for surgery on your GOOD L KNEE, yout ... no more back pain! ... often Hip pain shows up in knee and back
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Dec 23, 2025
Has this fusion stopped your pain? I assume you have problems with L3-L4 and probably other...
I assume you have problems with L3-L4 ... and probably other back issues. ... How much of your back pain has been ... Is the less pain worth the two surgeries
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Apr 24 1:47am
My pain management doctor suggested this procedure to alleviate my lower back pain due to stenosis....
this procedure to alleviate my lower back ... A spacer would be placed between L3 ... and L4 plus L4 and L5. ... this route rather than the fusion surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 30, 2022
I have severe stenosis at L2/L3 and L3/L4. I have constant back pain that intensifies with...
I have severe stenosis at L2/L3 and ... L3/L4. ... I have constant back pain that intensifies ... I have resisted open back surgery.
@northstar I had decompression and fusion of L3-L5 in 2024. Severe stenosis, degenerative disc disease L4...
I had decompression and fusion of L3 ... stenosis, degenerative disc disease L4 ... They did the surgery only from the back ... It was the most painful surgery ever ... symptoms started to improve after 3
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 27, 2025
Welcome @carmie, You are in the right place. Sorry to hear you are in so much...
Hoping your upcoming surgery next Wednesday ... Connect as there are many discussions on back ... surgery that mention L2-L4 and more ... search=L3-L4%20back%20surgery. ... decrease the pain pill dosage before your surgery
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: May 17 12:38pm
Getting off gabapentin and starting Lyrica. Had a Laminectomy and the pain is now across my...
Laminectomy and the pain is now across my back ... he was going to do, laminectomy at L3 ... and L4. ... Just did L3 so the space in spinal canal ... I was doing better before surgery.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Mar 19, 2025
I had 3 failed neck surgeries and my low back is really bad to. Herniated l3,...
I had 3 failed neck surgeries and my ... low back is really bad to. ... Herniated l3, l4 and l5 disc's. ... I just had a 2nd put in my low back ... 4 days ago.
Two years ago I had a spinal laminectomy on L3-L4, and cervical fusion of C3-7 the...
ago I had a spinal laminectomy on L3 ... -L4, and cervical fusion of C3-7 the ... My back pain was insignificant compared ... The surgery on my neck was done posteriorly
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 26, 2025
@polygons I learned a few months ago that I had severe spinal stenosis at L3-L4, and...
that I had severe spinal stenosis at L3 ... -L4, and L4-L5, with no sign of a disc ... Ten days ago I had surgery for the stenosis ... to the level of pain before surgery ... some level of pain relief after my back
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Oct 4, 2020
@cachdavid - You are telling my story! Thank you for sharing and I look forward to...
lateral plate to RIGHT laminectomy L3 ... - L4, L4-L5 Lumbar Stenosis ... Lumbar 3-4 , Left to right. ... the the ER with acute bilateral low back ... -3 3-4 4-5 spinal canal decompression
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 24, 2024
@elizamoore I had L3-L5 decompressed and fused in August 2024. I still have some healing to...
@elizamoore I had L3-L5 decompressed ... pain/numbness/weakness from lower back ... there a new disc bulge/herniation at L4 ... Would the revision surgery be at L5- ... would new decompression/fusion at L4
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 15, 2025
@northstar25 I can empathize. I have the same as you and had surgery to decompress and...
to decompress and fuse L3-L5. ... My surgery helped me reduce back pain ... My L4 was also slipping over L5 and ... My 4th orthopedic spine specialist surgeon ... is who I chose to do all 3 surgeries
I'm trying to find out who knows what these numbers mean. I feel at the end...
me no hope except is referring me back ... ,L4 33.24 27.28 0.821 -2.3 ... 76 -0.1 99 L3-L4 33.66 ... -L2,L4 44.70 35.12 0.786 -2.3 ... 76 -0.1 99 L1,L3-L4 45.12
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Feb 17, 2024
Hello, I had 8 knee surgeries( 2Tkr,1 partial,infection,revision and everything under the book) I also had...
Hello, I had 8 knee surgeries( 2Tkr ... everything under the book) I also had 3 ... back surgeries L4 L5 ansd sciatica,
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jun 13, 2023