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Hi, Bob Don''t know if my situation applies, but back in 2002 at the age of...
know if my situation applies, but back ... ) in my lower lumbar region of my back ... my pain level was only at about a 4, ... I guess you can have up to 3 per year ... surgery.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 15, 2012
@jm1 @jenniferhunter @jenatsky This is the latest letter from my pain management doctor to my GP....
Can surgery help with all these problems ... intermittent left hand pain, and low back ... /3 and L5/S1 levels ... /3, L3/4 and L4/5 foraminal stenoses ... at right L4/5 and left L5/S1 facet
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Mar 29, 2023
It is normal to get yourself freaked out obsessing over your upcoming surgery although there are...
At 28, I had my first back surgery and ... In 2000, my lower back was fused L4- ... medically induced coma for almost 3 ... 4 in both my hands,4 total in lower ... back, 4 cervical fusions (all at different
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jun 1, 2025
Thank you for replying and telling your story. I also have bone spurs clear down my...
down my arms and hands also down my back ... My L4-L5 is completely flat and on top ... total knee replacements in the last 3 ... years with being down in those 3 years ... year thinking I would get my life back
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 21, 2024
I’ll see it “he told you so.“ I suggest if you love your surgeon you follow...
compressing one spine in the lower lumbar of L3 ... L4 L5. ... for more surgery. ... in 2023 back to back. ... I got back to my street painting.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
It can be both! It can be either or at times; it can be neither if...
Eventually, I had a good deal of surgery ... done on L3 L4, L5 , and straightening ... facet joints Ulting in a major lower back ... surgery.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Aug 3, 2024
@mayofeb2020 My fusion was L-4 to L-5 and L-5 to S-1. Those are the levels that...
@mayofeb2020 My fusion was L-4 to L- ... The pain radiated from my back, through ... epidurals and that's the first time surgery ... I also have stenosis in L-3, which he ... widened during the surgery but it continues
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Apr 24 6:09pm
I am in my 50s and started having hip and buttock/leg pain at 40-41 after having...
injections in my lumbar spine (L4L5 ... Some injections have lasted 3-4 months ... My surgeon doesn’t want to do surgery ... injections because he would need to fuse L3L4L5 ... and reduction of pain in my hips, back
Posted: Nov 21, 2023
@draw @sueholdenf @rainerhans I am 54 and have severe congenital cervical and lumbar stenosis, degenerative disc...
I had ACDF surgery on my c5c6 to relieve ... I am delaying having lumbar surgery ... l3l4l5s1 as long as possible and my ... pain/numbness/weakness in my lower back ... me that many who get lumbar spine surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Apr 16, 2024
Hi juliedyan! So wonderful that you are going to help navigate your mother's upcoming back surgery....
navigate your mother's upcoming back ... surgery. ... I am almost 3 months from my 2 back ... surgeries fusions (L3 to S1 and a stabilzation ... or 4 placed throughout her home.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 19, 2023
I'm 16 months post spinal fusion L2 to S1. My pain is still anywhere from 7-10...
had a complete burst fracture of the L4 ... Pieces of the L4 had entered my spinal ... spine expert and it still took them 3 ... I can't walk downstairs and back ... and shoulder surgery.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Feb 27, 2025
@ellesea01 My doctor changed me to every 2 days and it’s been a game changer. I...
I too have Osteoarthritis, chronic back ... pain from L4/5 fusion and nerve damage ... My neck is awful was going to have (surgery ... up “ but my Breast Cancer and the surgeries ... always on the couch or bed on day 3.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: May 26 11:28am
@wandagoode it’s amazing things you learn to do differently the grabbers are my best friend especially...
I had an L4-S1 fusion April 2023 pain ... got getter then 3 weeks after fusion ... brace, said I would only be off work 3 ... football, everything is healed sorry the surgery ... ’t help I don’t recommend any more surgeries
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Apr 19, 2024
@barbarn Welcome to this group! You are in the write place. I am 63. I had...
replaced with artificial discs (C2/3) ... About 4 weeks ago, I had a procedure ... called EXTREME LIFT (L4/5). ... I have weight loss surgery and lost ... Back surgery, at any age is difficult
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Oct 20, 2018
I had L4 & L5 disc fused. I had my right SI fused 6 times. Then...
I had L4 & L5 disc fused. ... For the first time after seven surgeries ... So I was non weight bearing for 3-4 ... of the fusions where he cut in my back ... I had to have an incisional hernia surgery
Posted: Aug 8, 2023
@drxtract Hi, there. I am about 4 months post L3-L5 decompression and fusion surgery. I was...
I am about 4 months post L3-L5 decompression ... and fusion surgery. ... pain/weakness/numbness in my lower back ... help you manage pain now that you are 3 ... Salonpas large pain patches on your lower back
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Dec 19, 2024
I found my surgeon through two independent sources. My PCP recommended him. When it go incredibly...
told me she and two of her team had back ... surgery by this guy. ... me he could have done more than the L ... 3-4-5 fusion but I had been under for
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 29, 2024
Thank you for your response. This is very helpful. Tomorrow will be my 1-year anniversary of...
anniversary of having my Lower Spinal Back ... Fusion Surgery L4-S1. ... me on Tramadol 50mg tablets 3 times ... gave to me Gabapentin 300mg Capsules (3 ... I ice my back everyday.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Sep 28, 2023
I had spinal fusion surgery that was originally to only be L5 to S1. I was...
from my L3 to S1 vertebra. ... After 4 surgeries, my pain from the ... lower back through both legs to the ... Surgery so invasive should have 3 surgeons ... I am 67. 3 years post surgery.
@jenniferhunter @jm1 Hi jm1, nice to hear from you again. How are you? Now the problem...
/3, L3/4 levels and potential for impingement ... at L4/5 level. ... sleep on my left/right side or on my back ... If I have to go to the surgery path, ... If I had fusion does this mean a a 4
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Feb 10, 2023