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@pnwviv I'm so sorry to hear that you've had so many medical complications along with pain....
My surgery was both an anterior (meaning ... posterior/vertical incision (on my back ... allograft and cage around the vertebrae L3 ... -4. ... After my spinal surgery, i had regular
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 16 12:21pm
@dawnmcc60 I am in my mid 50s and suffering similar to you and don’t want to...
on getting some of my former life back ... I have had surgeries on cervical and ... L4/L5 Lumbar Stenosis Lumbar stenosis ... The L4/L5 region is a common site for ... walking or standing for long periods 3.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jun 13, 2025
Hi gravey. I do have sciatic pain due to a herniated and slipped disc. Everthing I...
and L4 for the past year. ... As soon as my back stabilized, 4 months ... that 3 years. ... I still have my L4 to deal with and ... I'm hoping to avoid surgery for my L4
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Mar 8, 2017
@sue4 Yes, my surgery was a success and I am fused L3-L5 now with hardware. They...
@sue4 Yes, my surgery was a success ... and I am fused L3-L5 now with hardware ... They went through my back for open surgery ... weeks and so had 2 week, 6 week and 3 ... early August and my pain in lower back
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 28, 2025
Hi @southernbelle13. I went in for L5S1 ALIF plus Pedicle Screws (posterior) on 20 July, last...
Same day of surgery, I drank fluids, ... catheter removal was simple, just surgery ... pain (front and back). ... The surgery wounds are still painful ... (front and back), but the relief from
I had L3-4-5 and S1 fused. I used a walker around the house for the first...
I had L3-4-5 and S1 fused. ... (which I used before surgery.) ... wondering how much I need to be using my back
Thank you Bob. In 1971 I was playing in a Softball League. I played 3 rd...
I played 3 rd base I caught a line ... My back went into a spasm.I eventually ... In 2015 I had a lamenectomy on L3,4 ... My back pain picked up again and I had ... Surgery was performed.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 11, 2025
@reddingjim I had spine surgery on 12/30/25 for severe spinal stenosis at mainly the L3&4 area,...
@reddingjim I had spine surgery on 12 ... severe spinal stenosis at mainly the L3& ... amp;4 area, caused by osteoporotic compression ... fractures, which I’ve actually had 4 ... pain, sometimes the whole sides and backs
Somehow it's comforting to know others are experiencing the same excruciating pain as me. I'm Sorry,...
had anterior and posterior fusions 3 ... L4,L5,S1. ... Other than a very slow fuse of 3+ years ... I am petrified of having more surgery ... depression I had before my original fusion surgeries
Support Group: Just Want to Talk
Posted: Sep 9, 2017
@knocerine03 Hi, I'm Gail, and I'm extending another welcome to Mayo Connect. I too am a...
mg, which I had been taking for my back ... pain and surgery. ... impinging on my spinal cord, and my L4 ... the pain on the right side from my L4 ... to repair the L4, so he wanted me to
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: May 28, 2018
@heyjoe415 I had L3-L5 laminectomy and decompression with fusion/hardware to stabilize my spine. I had severe...
@heyjoe415 I had L3-L5 laminectomy ... severe central stenosis, especially at L4 ... -L5, compressing/fully blocking my ... claudication pain/weakness/numbness in lower back ... My surgery was a success and my 2 week
Posted: Aug 17, 2024
Hello, I’m 3.5 years past a 6 level, T11-L5 segmented fusion & I assume your symptoms...
Hello, I’m 3.5 years past a 6 level, ... your symptoms reached a point where surgery ... real pain & frustration of pre-surgery ... the first week or so and WEAR the back ... driving, I believe I was restricted for 4-
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Sep 2, 2025
I am 76 and a year of accidents to my already damaged back, a torn rotator...
of accidents to my already damaged back ... right shoulder, a broken radius in 4 ... do understand your desire to avoid surgery ... from my own experience, postponing surgery ... longer possible as it is for my S1 and L3
I feel the exact same way. It was like life was great and normal and than...
symptoms as you but I have also had back ... surgery in 2017(fusing L-3, l-4 and ... l-5) so I’m not sure if it’s from that ... I was supposed to open my home for 3 ... lay there that long with this bad back
Support Group: Sarcoma
Posted: Oct 10, 2023
@cookiegirl Dear Cookie girl. I had a fusion back surgery at Mayo Rochester, MN. It went...
I had a fusion back surgery at Mayo ... degeneration that caused a scoliosis and my L4 ... for 7 days and usually it's for 4 ... home with talking the medicine every 3 ... I am almost 3 months post-op.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 23, 2020
@wwsmith I forgot that my own case sort of disagrees with the logic of what you’re...
I had surgery 16 years ago and 3 1/2 ... BRCA2, which is why it keeps coming back ... ago a metastasis Wrapped around my L4 ... Starting off with surgery gave me 3 ... 1/2 three years before it came back.
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Posted: Dec 6, 2025
Hello Slowgo, It's been about a month since your last comment so I am wondering where...
first fusion at age 53 - one level L3 ... -4 and I thought I had horrible pain ... levels fused from L3-S1). ... 7 pain on the chart) with back pain, ... all of my sisters & brothers in back
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 10, 2024
Hi Sutherlin. I just read your original post. I, too had a harrington rod placed in...
(lowT - L3). ... started having sharp pain in my lower back ... He did exploratory surgery and found ... 4, L-5, S-1. ... After this surgery, I developed CRPS
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 14, 2017
Hello everyone. Quick background: I’ve had spinal fusion L5S1 in October 2014 and another spinal fusion...
October 2014 and another spinal fusion L3L4 ... Since my first surgery-I’ve had been ... inward and I cannot seem to sleep past 4 ... how doctors are quick to say-oh your back ... surgery then failed.
Posted: Oct 16, 2025
@sriddle1 Yes, my cancer moved to my bones, my L4 in the spine. That makes me...
Yes, my cancer moved to my bones, my L4 ... It then came back 3 1/2 years later ... They did remove them during the surgery ... threat, But like mine finally came back ... you guys to have had a successful surgery