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I was diagnosed with adhesive arachnoiditis on Dec. 19th after getting fused from L3-4 to L5-S1....
Dec. 19th after getting fused from L3 ... -4 to L5-S1. ... I kept going back to him year after ... feeling that he was selling another surgery ... from home in bed but I also have a 4
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 29, 2025
Good morning joe! I had everything you can have at L3 L4 L5. I also had...
I had everything you can have at L3 ... L4 L5. ... So I needed bigger hardware in the back ... OK with that because I got my life back ... We’re all I will have to go back and
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Nov 2, 2024
@berniej1 I like your name “Pet Detective” 😉 Did you have an accident or injury a...
when I had severe spinal stenosis l4 ... claudication causing lower back/hip ... I am having another ACDF surgery on ... on l3-l5 opened up space around my ... I no longer have the back/hip/buttock
I experience intense left buttock pain after standing or walking for 5-10 minutes. I typically do...
I’ve had MIS surgery at L4/L5, and L2 ... /L3, for central/ foraminal stenosis ... localized to one spot always, where my back ... have had TFESI’s at EVERY LEVEL FROM L2 ... decompression, but he was quick to “blame the back
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Feb 14, 2023
Hi Jennifer What a lovely article and portrait of your surgeon. I am so happy the...
I am so happy the surgery enabled you ... replacement of vertebraes from T10 to L3 ... down which they believe is eroding my back ... subsided immensely due largely to a 4 ... I have lost at min 3-4 inches in height
Thank you jm1 and for your prayers, I definitely need a lot. I am icing as...
decision can be made about fusion surgery ... In Australia the surgery would cost ... Clinical Notes: Neck, thoracic and low back ... Some disc degenerative activity at C4/ ... /3 and L5/S1.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Mar 23, 2023
@howardgm I am at the point as you. My Kevzara is now 3 weeks apart and...
My Kevzara is now 3 weeks apart and ... plan on going on 4 weeks apart. ... repair of a fragmented herniated disc L3 ... pain and weakness) surgery, my neck ... I never had back pain .
@aprilarlady, I had RnY gastric bypass surgery 7/8/14, with a weight loss of 85 pounds currently....
aprilarlady, I had RnY gastric bypass surgery ... -S1 and L4, as well as a compression ... I had outpatient spinal surgery on my ... on my L4, which is completely out of ... I had very little relief and after 3
For years, I’ve suffered varying degrees of back pain. I did/do countless rounds of PT, which...
, I’ve suffered varying degrees of back ... I had several injections back there ... I knew I needed to try surgery, having ... 3-4-5 fusion. ... Bottom line : surgery wasn’t the cure
Posted: May 23, 2024
@francine498 Hello Francine, I am 68 years old now, and I had a T10 to Pelvis...
from a T2 to L2 Scoliosis surgery I ... With this latest surgery new rods were ... The recovery is long, but for me the surgery ... pain (3 to 4, maybe 5 range) if I ... My back feels great when I walk!
Hi Jules, I have been really disappointed with them. My Italian friend Alfred in Italy has...
/3 and L5/S1 levels ... /3, L3/4 and L4/5 foraminal stenoses ... at right L4/5 and left L5/S1 facet ... I definitely need surgery such as either ... getting some numbness going up my back
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Apr 3, 2023
In 2014 , they removed 100% of my colon, multiple pre-cancerous tumors. They removed colon, built...
They ate the lower vertebrae at L3, ... L4, L5 and S1 disc . ... spinal meningitis, severe but after 3 ... I went back to work 10 months after ... enjoy the rest of what you have left. 4
Support Group: Ostomy & J-Pouch
Posted: Nov 9, 2025
@jenniferhunter wow I just read your story it’s definitely frustrating when doctors won’t listen and the...
If we could only go back 25 years when ... new pain your having y since your surgery ... So how is none of this the back I ask ... myself I went to 3 other surgeons ... At 3 weeks after an L4-S1 Fusion I was
My pain in SI started after driviving for 4 hrs or so with right leg way...
in SI started after driviving for 4 ... Back and hip never the same. ... sciatica afterbthe long drive for 4 ... with muscle relaxant and ibuprofen. 3 ... had to have 2 very lengthy prolapse surgeries
I had a fusion in 1975 just having turned 16. my curve was 64/32 with internal...
had been in a Milwaukee Brace for 3 ... I was fused from T4-L2 with correction ... infection and extreme bleeding during surgery ... Proceeded to rupture all 4 remaining ... are very difficult and as we know, back
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Nov 7, 2024
These posts look pretty old, but i am going to join in the discussion with the...
History of back problems for almost ... Well, 4 back surgeries (2 spinal fusions ... within 2 years) and a neck surgery. ... Knee surgery. Shoulder surgery. ... but i hate taking a handful of pills 3
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 23, 2024
I hope your hip has stayed in and that you are feeling better and stronger Betty....
a vascular fibula graft surgery at Duke ... my lumbar which I had fused from S1-L3 ... So I went back and forth from Ortho ... 10 yrs old. 10 days out of revision surgery ... Bone scan shows hot spot 3/4 way down
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Aug 6, 2024
Please forgive me if this isn’t the place to ask this. I wasn’t sure if I...
I had a microdiscectomy at L3 in 2010 ... and a few years later had L4 done also ... Shortly after the L4 discectomy I ended ... took over my shoulder at something. 3. ... he thinks it may be time for that surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Dec 14, 2023
Like some others posting here, my husband (82, Diabetes, Cardiovascular issues, …) has had pain walking/standing...
surgeon suggested he should have his back ... Looking at the MRI, the spinal canal at L4 ... 3. ... ;-) 4. ... of his other medical issues on the surgery
Hi, I have a similar issues to you except I only have 1 Harrington rod in...
’m now 63 yrs old and have chronic back ... I also have arthritis in my L4&5 ... I will be going back for more injections ... Apparently I’m allowed to get them every 3 ... Also you said you’d go for surgery again
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 15, 2023