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Hello Jack, Most of my back is fused but my situation is a little different than...
Brace for 3 years during my adolescence ... For the last 3 years, I was in chronic ... surgery with Dr. ... My surgeries were 4 months ago, on May ... a wonderful facility, where I did 3
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Sep 13, 2025
@cardinal26 I was glad to hear someone using Prolia. I am on Tymlos everyday injections to...
I had a 9 hour back fusion surgery on ... My back had degenerated to cause a scoliosis ... and my L-4 & 5 had severe stenosis ... It will be 3 months on Sept. 9th.
get more opinions! I had 4! And my stupid neurosurgeon (who I saw for 20 years)...
I had 4! ... When I saw the 4th ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON ... I was in surgery L3 - L5 with all the ... I got my LIFE BACK. ... My back has continued to degenerate
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Mar 19, 2025
@marield65. Yes, ART not only helped my back pain, it's darn near completely gone! It's the...
I too was headed for major surgery awith ... rods and pins for my L4 fused with ... find out if PT would help me avoid surgery ... so I went to PT for 3 months. ... therapy and definitely won't be having surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 16, 2017
Hi Joe, I am on my 5 th week with the Abbott Neuro stimulator . I...
I still have lower back pain that I ... disks after having a Laminectomy on my L3,4,5 ... Stimulator, or a cage system major back ... surgery in which he tends to avoid ... surgery with rods, plates and screws
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 8, 2025
Iam 55 yrs old my name is Tanya I needed a new hip the pain was...
Went 3 different hospital s sent home ... in a week horrible pain again went back ... gave me silun family almost died had 3 ... Doctors said I need to go 3 or 4 months ... they had to take spacer out had 5 surgeries
Hi I am also a Mayo Spine surgery patient. I had spinal decompression C3-C5. I also...
Hi I am also a Mayo Spine surgery patient ... I had spinal decompression C3-C5. ... I also had spinal decompression of L3 ... -L4. ... been extremely hard to walk & am back
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 11, 2022
Hi Kristin, my name is Kenton. I definitely emphasize and compassionalize ( I like to make...
Ive had 2 back surgeries for L4L5 herniations ... basement to stretch out the spine 3 ... Really works when the lower back and ... As 3 hours of gardening outdoors can ... sleep deeply, dead to the world, for 3
@Inpngrf1234 I had reached a point where I could no longer walk, lay down or sit...
therapies because if he had to do surgery ... would involve rods and pins around my L4 ... because the pain on the right side of my back ... had told me not to do that since my surgery ... very gentle when he does adjust my back
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Dec 14, 2017
I had a nasty "severe" herniation of the L4/5 discs one year ago in October. Dr....
"severe" herniation of the L4 ... In retrospect would have done the surgery ... comments about the angle/complication a surgery ... landed in the ER with a compressed the L3 ... A 3rd set of 4 shots into the facet
I am a retired PT. Boy am I confused. All this talk and no specifics. You...
You had involvement at C 4-6. ... quadriplegia, or do you have a preventive surgery ... I had a C3-4 fusion anteriorly.l I have ... I was on drugs once for the back. ... Short of surgery, ablation and injections
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Feb 24, 2020
I desperately need relief from a pinched nerve in L4. After brain surgery last spring, I...
need relief from a pinched nerve in L4 ... After brain surgery last spring, I was ... rehab for OT and PT to gain strength back ... (Brain surgery causes temporary weakness ... Earlier that day, the PT dept. gave me 3
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Feb 11, 2023
Mike thanks for your inquiries and search. As mine is similar from obviously different circumstances. As...
23 I had a TILF with hardware from L3 ... shorten surgery time. ... The surgery wasn’t done to address the ... became aware of three spots on my back ... Appt. 4 mos.
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Nov 2, 2024
@closer0043 - Welcome to Mayo Connect. This is a great place to ask the sort of...
I had 4-level ACDF at C4-7 in Feb 2023 ... months later, in May 2023, I had a 4- ... Those docs see lots of back problems ... or not-surgery decisions... ... went from golfing a lot to reading 2-3
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 12, 2024
I was 58 y/o (2013) when I had a ruptured disc at S1/L5. X-rays showed my...
, and L4. ... removal of bone (the lamina) from the back ... kinda like drilling a hole in the back ... was experiencing went away after the surgery ... I go to a spin class 3 or 4 times a
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 27, 2024
Hi Kate, I’m in a similar condition as you. Fused in 1974 from T3-L4 with one...
Fused in 1974 from T3-L4 with one long ... “neutral” position for your lower back ... I agree the risk from salvage surgery ... to correct flat back or eliminate back ... improvements followed by repeated surgeries
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 7, 2021
I am fused from C3 to C7 and have had reconstructive surgery from L2 to my...
I am fused from C3 to C7 and have had ... reconstructive surgery from L2 to my ... (I just had my 12th spinal surgery ... all he installed in front 1 spacer, 4 ... screws and 1 plate in the back I got
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Sep 26, 2024
I apologize for the length of my post, but I have had a lot of problems...
-S1 surgery, but I had gone to the back ... I had severe stenosis at L3-L4 and he ... for L3-L4 stenosis. ... hydromorphone, but he did the injection at L3 ... -4.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Nov 18, 2018
Hello! This is the beginning of My Journal, through my journey, to have a spinal fusion...
told her that I could not handle my back ... California and was scheduled for a T10 to L4 ... that would be, at the most, a T11 to L4 ... I am now almost 3 weeks away from surgery ... reserved at the Sleep Inn that is 4
Hey Joe! Wow, you’re a champ! I will be returning for another lumbar surgery at some...
will be returning for another lumbar surgery ... to the areas where I had my fusion L3 ... , L4, L5. ... because I’m not quite ready another surgery ... gout would be gone, so I never went back
Posted: Apr 11, 2025