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Four weeks ago I had an L2-5 which included inserting new discs (cages, actually) via my...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/879471/
Four weeks post surgery - I am walking ... - sometimes intense - in my lower back ... I'm so happy we backed away from ... will likely take me 3+ months to digest ... At 4 weeks - I cannot even definitively
@wascaly I think you are into something about the origin of your foot numbness. I have...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1163838/
You may need 2nd and 3rd new opinions ... also afraid to fall when my feet/low back ... claudication severe compression of L4 ... -L5 (my surgery decompressed and fused ... L3-L5).
I had a C3-C6 Fusion 6/24. I am 62 years of age and used to be...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1589769/
I had a C3-C6 Fusion 6/24. ... screw has broken and another has "backed ... In addition, 4 months after the Cervical ... L2-L3 failed. ... and getting through the pain by 4:00
@smn1 Here is what my last lumbar MRI showed in 2024. FINDINGS: Vertebral body height, signal...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1317669/
/L3
intervertebral disc. ... foraminal stenosis
L3/4: Mild central ... L4/5: Severe central and moderate bilateral ... In particular at the L4/L5 level there ... pain/numbness/weakness in my lower back
I am dealing with Pudendal Neuralgia. It is an absolute nightmare. Had a failed back surgery...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/919024/
Had a failed back surgery L3/4 in 2013 ... Now of course back deteriorated since ... 2013, L 3/5 also not good.
When I was 56 yrs old, I had TLIF on L4/L5 in 2014 after lifting a...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1158340/
When I was 56 yrs old, I had TLIF on L4 ... on my spine and a slipped disc at L4 ... surgeons at UW Health that I had a “3 ... stabilization classes and still exercise 4 ... strength after recovery to protect your back
I have conditions at L3, L4, L5 and S1. My pain is largely in my butt...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1554628/
I have conditions at L3, L4, L5 and ... My aim is to delay surgery as long as ... I use heat on my lower back every morning
With any surgery, there is no guarantee, obviously. I was just hoping to find a few...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1156936/
With any surgery, there is no guarantee ... The surgeon told me that if he fused L3 ... following day, he would go in through my back ... So one 3 to 4 hour surgery one day, ... then another 3 hour surgery the next
I just had my L5 S1 fusion 3 weeks ago. I had pain running on left...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1318537/
I just had my L5 S1 fusion 3 weeks ago ... Since January I had 4 injection and ... When I came to after surgery I had no ... surgery. ... It did take me a week to get back to
@annie1 I had L3-L5 decompression and fusion on 8/2/2024 due to congenital spinal stenosis, DDD and...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1151051/
@annie1
I had L3-L5 decompression ... and numbness in my lower back, hips ... My surgeon’s PA said it takes 3 month ... years and it got really bad the last 4 ... My L4-L5 level was so bad you could
Good luck with the decompression surgery. I had that done about 11 years ago (I'm 70...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1312363/
laminotomy - holes were drilled in the back ... of my S1, L5, and L4 vertebrae. ... for the back to treat sciatica and ... leg and difficulty sitting down for 3 ... or 4 days after surgery.
I am 72 now and had a successful fusion of L4-5 last August. It’s a long...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1315814/
now and had a successful fusion of L4 ... s a long recovery- I had to wear a back ... brace for 3 mos. ... I wasn’t allowed to start PT until 4 ... I’m pretty much back to all activities
Hi Everyone, I am back with another moan, but I have been in excruciating pain since...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/945749/
Bilateral C5-C6, C6-C7, C7-T1; RT L4 ... /L3. ... At L3/L4, there is disc desiccation. ... At L4/L5, there is disc bulge indenting ... Mild bilateral L4-L5 and right L2-L3
@kwolverton62 I have cervical/lumbar congenital spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, cervical myelopathy (spinal cord compression injury)...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1107455/
causing pain/numbness/weakness lower back ... My older MRI shows I would need L4-L5 ... for sure but possibly L3-L4 and L5- ... I read that after lumbar surgery you ... only want to sleep on your back or
Is the pain so bad that you have to take these drugs? I am 73 years...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1640370/
Minuteman device inserted between my L4 ... and L5 vertabrae. 1/2 hour
surgery ... Now have back pain on my right side. ... You can even take 3.
History -60 year old male 2 major back surgeries age 26 and 28. L4-L5, L5-S1. Ruptured...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/957170/
History -60 year old male 2 major back ... L4-L5, L5-S1. ... -L2, L2-L3 .Had lost weight by this ... Provides 4-6 hrs sleeps. ... Methadone 20 mg x 3 for pain.
I am not the person who asked the question, but i am interested in your experiences...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/286461/
experiences as I am probably looking at L4 ... major surgery on my L4. ... they will be doing a fusion on my L4 ... 2 times a day; and Baclofen 10 mg, 3 ... I want to know how fusion of the L4
OMGOODNESS! I had: T10-pelvis fusion with L4-L5 transforaminal lumber, interbody fusion and L5-S1 transforaminal lumber, interbody...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1631979/
I had: T10-pelvis fusion with L4-L5 ... I think that simply saying "back ... is your spine not just your "back ... I'm now 3 months post surgery. ... goal is to be able to return to daily 4
Sorry to hear that the DRG was unsuccessful for you. I had a 5 day trial...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/674469/
I had a 5 day trial a few months back ... The 3 people who had success I talked ... I have lower back pain too. ... possibly @ L4, L-5. ... I have in the toes from two prior surgeries
I had 3 surgeries between L4-S1 and finally was fused L4-S1 in 2000 when I was...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1456125/
I had 3 surgeries between L4-S1 and ... finally was fused L4-S1 in 2000 when ... asked if I could go back to work. ... May of 2022 I had C3-C4 fused to complete ... to be more supportive of your lower back
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