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Hi my name is Rachel/This is my second message.Sorry need to wait till my son can...
son can take my picture.I have had neuropathy ... about ten years after having fusion ... increased the dosage of Gabapentin after ... was removed from my lower back.The surgery ... glad to hear how others handle the neuropathy
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Feb 25, 2022
Hi. I'm Jason, and I believe i have PICS from an extensive ICU stay in 2019....
I had my second neck fusion surgery ... Immediately following the cervical fusion ... trach was left in place and really no after ... After going home, I got pneumonia ... have extreme and constant pain from neuropathy
Support Group: Intensive Care (ICU)
Posted: Jan 18, 2022
There are many issues in this thread that I’d like to comment on but don’t be...
multiple myeloma, which could cause neuropathy ... Turned out that I needed fusion of my ... However, this surgery was not caused ... couldn’t take it so it was stopped after
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Apr 19, 2021
@martyk & @bill5 I'm sorry you're both suffering chronic pain sucks the life out of us...
a partial releif from the Diabetic Neuropathy ... chronic pain issue's including neuropathy ... the fusion surgery in my cervical & ... surgery, the Neurosurgeon told me to ... full knee replacement surgery.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Mar 7, 2021
Good afternoon @robtlhughes and @colleenyoung Welcome to the neuropathy group and all of its many neuropathy...
, my thumb mess, and four shoulder surgeries ... up doing the thoracic and cerebral surgeries ... decided I had gone through enough surgeries ... and fusions, I opened sourcebooks and ... After all of those procedures, he did
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Jul 20, 2020
Please keep me updated on what you find out. I am actually scheduled for cataract surgery...
am actually scheduled for cataract surgery ... The neuropathy, I believe started slowly ... after I had a spinal fusion in 2002 ... After my surgery, while still at home ... not thinking it had to do with my fusion
Support Group: Eye Conditions
Posted: Jul 1, 2020
Good afternoon. This discussion is an effort to give everyone an opportunity to share their neuropathy...
rotator cuff, and did the cervical fusions ... Enter the neurologist:.....Only after ... the cervical surgery had healed and ... It was not a bad shoulder surgery and ... Alter what I can, accept what I can&
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: May 12, 2020
Being only 3 weeks out, one would think more pain meds would be an option. Do...
That might resolve since your surgery ... have neck and central shoulder spasms after ... a C5-T1 fusion and decompression surgery ... If the burning pain is neuropathic pain ... symptoms will resolve as time from surgery
Discussion: C5palsy
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Sep 26, 2025
I have had a fused big toe 8 years ago, along with a peroneal tendon repair...
That was done after a failed bunionecotomy ... I would have never had the bunion surgery ... “good” foot along with idiopathic neuropathy ... I was told it would require a “surgery ... Tendons, possibly, bone fusion - absolutely
Posted: Sep 3, 2025
@janagain Hi, Jan. I had ACDF surgery c5-c6 in 2022 and ACDF surgery on c6-c7 in...
neurogenic claudication and small fiber neuropathy ... Did the fusions fail? ... ways that caused problems for the fusion ... NSAIDs while recovering since they make fusion ... known to be a problem for healing after
Hi Joe, Oh, I am very sorry what you are going through as well. Back surgery...
I wish I never had the L5 S1 fusion/ ... pain, issues, restrictions and have neuropathy ... were you, please try to avoid the fusion ... am 66 yo and for the last 2 years after ... very best and hope you do not need a fusion
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 5, 2025
Hi, first I'm so sorry you're going thru this pain. In 2023, I had L5 S1...
In 2023, I had L5 S1 fusion with 4 pins ... I did well about 8 months after surgery ... , but now have severe neuropathy in ... I do not want a revision surgery. ... This surgery destroyed my life.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 31, 2025
I have lumbar foraminal stenosis after having minimally invasive surgery at lumbar 3 -4. I think...
I have lumbar foraminal stenosis after ... because I didn't want to do fusion ... for about three and a half months after ... my symptoms back plus neuropathy and ... I'm very wary about having fusion
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Feb 20, 2025
Hi! I've been a long-time lurker of these boards, I feel it's now time to introduce...
a laundry list of past (relevant) surgeries ... : 8/06 - C6-T1 fusion 10/09 - L3-L4 ... Lam. 12/6 -L4-L5 Lam. 5/18 - L2-S1 fusion ... down the opioid rabbit hole, & after ... , along with the accompanying legs neuropathy
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jan 10, 2025
@denman55 If your fusion has begun to fuse, your surgeon may allow some physical therapy. What...
@denman55 If your fusion has begun ... After spine surgery, there is significant ... I did a lot of MFR work with my PT after ... my cervical spine surgery. ... Neuropathy - Myofascial Release Therapy
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Sep 25, 2024
Hi, Thank you for every bit of info you gave me to look up on the...
been to the foundation for peripheral neuropathy ... have been diagnosed with Diabetic Pneuropathy ... about 4 years ago, after my spinal ... fusion surgery. ... Then breast cancer surgery and radiation
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Aug 16, 2024
Your comments are very helpful to me. I just joined Mayo Clinic connect because I am...
because I am suffering from postop pain after ... extensive fusion of my lower spine ... Two years earlier at cervical fusion ... issues of wound pain, postop pain, neuropathy ... By the way, I had both my surgeries
Support Group: Brain & Nervous System
Posted: Aug 2, 2024
I’m sorry you have gone through so much. I have had 9 SI joint fusions. Two...
I have had 9 SI joint fusions. ... Two more fusions at L5S1 and L4 discs ... After all these surgeries I now have ... neuropathy in both feet. ... from one of the SI joint fusion surgeries
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 11, 2024
Hi. I am a 62-year-old male living on Long Island, NY. I have currently been having...
finally scheduled Bilateral SI Joint Fusion ... After the surgery the pain never went ... They discovered that the fusion failed ... Back in the OR & another fusion. ... (due to cervical fractures I have neuropathy
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Sep 4, 2019
Hi All!! For those of you who are newer to the group, let me re-introduce myself....
This summer I had an X-lIFT fUSION on ... It was a long, hard and painful surgery ... Just before my 2nd surgery, I noticed ... severe nerve damage from S1 and L5 and neuropothy ... back to the neurologist and right after
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Mar 6, 2019