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Hell, don't worry about spelling when you have a spell check, smile. My situation started years...
'm an Army Vet and spent about 3 ... I spent 3 more years in severe pain ... Had L3,4,5 fusion, with a laminectomy ... bladder function, bad balance, severe back ... Get back to me I would love to talk
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Feb 22, 2019
I am one of those caregivers who is taking care of a household and my husband...
position as I am looking at serious surgery ... with a fusion of L4-L5. ... and my husband until the time I get back ... It is a 3 + hour drive one way to their ... Even with surgery, there are no guarantees
Support Group: Caregivers
Posted: Mar 16, 2019
Hi all, I've stumbled on this forum researching for my procedure, and here is my (gladly...
weeks after surgery to resume sexual ... 2025, I've decided to get the surgery ... They used two tandem 3L saline bags ... Foley catheter, and after drinking 3L ... I'm now good for getting back on
Support Group: Men's Health
Posted: Oct 15, 2025
psii I'm mgv48 and I've dealt with Stenosis for 40 years. I started having problems when...
The screws holding my fusion of L5/S1 ... Now I've already had 3 surgeries ... looks like I'm going in for my 4th ... surgery. ... The surgeon had to go back in to fix
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 27, 2023
I started having pain in my left foot that traveled up my calf than it moved...
MRI and skin lab test which all came back ... surgeon said I had a bulging disk L4 ... -L5 and I didn't need surgery than ... I was treated by 3 different chiropractors ... day for another condition so omegas 3
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Dec 15, 2021
My open nephrectomy surgery was 7+ hrs, and I experienced all the same 'surprises' the person...
My open nephrectomy surgery was 7+ hrs ... learned with my open heart surgery&#34 ... recommended 'sticking around town 3- ... 4 days b4 flying home' ... After 3-4 mos, you'll look back
Hi Janell, thank you for reaching out and checking on me and my mom. I’m right...
It took us time till she got the surgery ... Finally she had the surgery but she ... hemorrhagic stroke at the time of the surgery ... After 3-4 days she woke up, after few ... me a lot is that soon I have to go back
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: Sep 2, 2025
The level of your spine where you had surgery will affect which type treatment(s) may bring...
level of your spine where you had surgery ... -8 months (in the beginning) My L4 ... -5 laminotomy was almost 4 years ago ... than anyone else, even your provider; 3) ... in your best interest--don't go back
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 25, 2022
In 2018 I had a 2 level cage in my neck in 2. My neck did...
in my right are which prompted the surgery ... I have three level cage in my S1, L5 ... and L4, which I had a horrible time ... severe degeneration disease on my L2NL3 ... that Baker cyst ( as well as my lower back
Hello . My case was very close to yours. I was diagnosed with SCC HPV 16+cancer...
Stage 3. ... I had TORS surgery April 2023 to remove ... radiation stopped and then slowly back ... I had 4 NavDx negative tests with 0 ... have a throat scope and CT scan every 4
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Posted: Apr 6, 2025
The CDC still recommends opioids for long-term chronic pain. I have that for a problem that...
those nerves that were squished in my L3 ... L4, L5, major nerve root for way too ... because a neurosurgeon wouldn’t do surgery ... my prince wanted me to rush and do surgery ... apologize to him that I didn’t get back
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jun 12, 2025
So sorry for all your problems. I have so many damaged disc in both areas. I...
I have had 2 spinal fusion surgeries ... first one when I was 18 years old. 3 ... I have had 2 kyphoplasty surgeries in ... so high only to have all the pain back ... I had 4 children.
@brendakaye Hi! Take a deep breath and calm down. March 2018, I had disc replacements on...
time I stopped walking for almost 3 ... After 4 years, his magic stopped and ... was then I decided to take my life back ... I had L 3/4 done. ... It took me about 4 months, then one
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 8, 2019
I am exactly 6 weeks today post surgery of a 6 level fusion L1-S1. It is...
being 23 years ago when they fused L4 ... though because 23 years of chronic back ... Over 23 years I had 3 dorsal column ... years in chronic pain, unfortunately 3 ... discovered meditation a number of years back
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Sep 19, 2018
Good Morning, Just thought I would fill you in on my progress since my fusion surgeon...
I had my first post-op x-ray of my L3 ... /4 fusion. ... x-ray before my next appointment in 4 ... :-) The pain goes from my lower back ... I go back to the doctor in 4 weeks.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Oct 4, 2018
@catherinelewis Hi and Welcome! I am so sorry to hear about your back pain. I had...
I am so sorry to hear about your back ... I had an X-lift Fusion on L3/4, almost ... The cervical surgery was a piece of ... I know that spinal surgery has a high ... until I am 100% healed from my spinal surgeries
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Nov 4, 2018
Hi- Almost three weeks ago I had gallbladder surgery. I knew I would be in pain....
home, had my sister call 911 and went back ... m on a pain medicine because I had back ... surgery on L4-L5, 4 years ago. ... It went fine until about 3 weeks later ... Now about 3-4 months prior my family
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: May 3, 2019
@smtaylor What is your Lyrica dosing? Mine is 140 mg 2x daily. Started a week ago....
I am 7 weeks past my 5th L3 to S1 spinal ... pelvis pain for over 3 1/2 years. ... My 5th surgery has helped with my lower ... back pain. ... I take 10mg/325 Oxycodone 4 times a
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 28 7:32am
Sorry for your troubles at such a young age. As a young man and up to...
league in the 70's and hurt my back ... throwing from 3 rd base to 1st. ... At age 71 my back became a problem again ... I received injections for pain at 3, ... 4 and 5.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 8, 2025
Here's an update to my June 1 post regarding my April 1 fusion surgery at the...
1 post regarding my April 1 fusion surgery ... My lower back was still sore, so I was ... am now able to ride my bike, walk 3 ... to 4 miles, go to the gym, and I’m planning ... luck to everyone contemplating this surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 15, 2025