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I had T10-pelvis fusion with L4-L5 transforaminal lumbar inter body fusion and L5-S1 transforaminal lumbar interbody...
I had T10-pelvis fusion with L4-L5 transforaminal ... Surgery was March 23, 2026/ Prior to ... surgery my head, neck, and right shoulder ... It was given to me 3xday for a month ... For 1-1/2 weeks, 3 months post-surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 8 7:47pm
Well, I can tell you my circumstance that after 20 years of pain I had my...
Having surgery at L3, L4, L5, solve ... the problem of the back pain. ... to live with a 2 ton gorilla on my back ... That gorilla faded away after my back ... surgery and I got back to sleeping
" hello "draw": Had L3-4 and L4-5 spinal fusion like your upcoming one. Pain before was...
" hello "draw": Had L3- ... 4 and L4-5 spinal fusion like your upcoming ... at night, on my back (supine) laying ... towel, out it under me, next to the back ... surgery spot - wow!
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 18, 2024
Hi, I had the mild procedure done in May 2018, my back pain wasn’t so terrible...
mild procedure done in May 2018, my back ... I had no problems with the surgery part ... 2019 I had To superion implants At L3 ... , L4 and L4, L5 and I felt nothing different ... surgery.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 15, 2023
I've had a simulator in my back for over 8 years and it has made my...
I've had a simulator in my back ... and the initial healing time after surgery ... of all the pain I had from my lower back ... 4, and they wanted to go in and do another ... fusion from L-4 to L-3 but I choose
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Sep 16, 2020
@rca I' ve had about 3 MRI's since 2014 and after each one, docs agree I...
@rca I' ve had about 3 MRI&#39 ... 4 to S-1 area but 2 top neurosurgeons ... in my area refuse to do lower back ... surgery. ... With surgery out I exercise the best
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Sep 13, 2023
I would like to share my experience. I am a 78-year-old male and was unable to...
waiting for 6 months, I had major back ... surgery in February 2022 - lumbar fusion ... L3, L4, and L5. ... I went into PT two weeks after surgery ... During the six months of waiting for surgery
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Mar 24, 2023
I had back surgery in 2019 at Emory. It was for L4 spinal fusion with screws,...
I had back surgery in 2019 at Emory. ... It was for L4 spinal fusion with screws ... moving to Ga had recommended doing L3 ... was getting old and I only needed L4 ... While doing the surgery he punctured
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 26, 2023
I too have Adhesive Arachnoiditis of L4 L5 nerve roots. All signs point to epidural injections,...
too have Adhesive Arachnoiditis of L4 ... epidural injections, having had no surgery ... always been active, jogging 20 years back ... , then walking couple miles 3 or so ... ok so far when up and moving with back
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Apr 26, 2025
Right now I am doing the steroid shots about every 9 months for the past 3...
about every 9 months for the past 3 ... my lower spine is very crooked at L4 ... read it doesn't always cure the back ... I just finished going through 3 cancer ... surgeon who I talked to said come back
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 16, 2025
I had back surgery in March this year. Fusion L3and L4 with a spacer. Surgery went...
I had back surgery in March this year ... Fusion L3and L4 with a spacer. ... Surgery went well. ... I was hoping it would relieve the back ... for years even after the back healed
Jen, this is Marield65, Marie, and I had 2 discs in my lumbar spine fusion about...
work even though I had a few more back ... surgeries which were minor compared ... to the fusion,L4& 5, and over the ... years it made L3 weaker and now I need ... to have 3 fused to 4&5.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 12, 2017
I have severe lower back pain and have been told for almost 13 years you will...
I have severe lower back pain and have ... Every spine doctor or surgery even Mayo ... FYI L3-4 L4-5 My question “plea for
DEXA said my back was "normal". However, I have substantial spine damage and neurologist advised the...
DEXA said my back was "normal&#34 ... reads lumbar: values were a range of -3.1 ... thru -3.3 for L1 thru L4. ... My wrist had a DEXA reading of -3.3. ... Needs surgery.
Posted: May 3 12:13pm
@johnbishop I have neuropathy that makes laying on my left side difficult because I get such...
Having extensive back surgery on Wednesday ... decrease Hydrocodone by one pill before surgery ... My L3-L4 is almost closed.
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: May 17 10:19am
I have been having lots of back pain, hip pain, knee (even the replacement side), calf...
I have been having lots of back pain ... was told I have spondylosis at the L4 ... /L5 with bulging. ... I do not want any more surgery after ... Even Tylenol 3 doesn't help with the
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 24, 2025
Greetings everyone, my name is Dave and I have been dealing with chronic lower back pain...
have been dealing with chronic lower back ... I had my first surgery, Lumbar Laminectomy ... L3-S1, in 2011 and never recovered ... eventually gave way and crushed my discs in L4 ... but my declining regimen has failed 4
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Oct 31, 2022
@sbesbuddy Hi Becky. I don't know if you got the message I sent. I started walking...
and started with 2 blocks and went 3 ... m still recovering from the 9 hour back ... surgery. ... 4 & L-5, where I had the nerves ... surgeon, he was the best to do my surgery
I've had three back surgeries. The first one was a herniated disc at L-5/S-1. The second...
I've had three back surgeries. ... second one was rods and 6 screws from L3 ... The last surgery was a cage at L3. ... I was scheduled to have a 4th surgery ... pre-op and after that, I canceled the surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Mar 17, 2021
My story : Had terrible pain across my chest as well as other parts of my...
showed 2 herniated discs on the right L3 ... -4 and L4-5 in Sept 2023 but I had ... two herniated discs but change in L3 ... 3 /4 May 21 with a neurosurgeon. ... spent in the hospital Microdiscectomy L3