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I have degenerative discs diseases L 3 and L4 with spondylolisthesis at L4L5. I was recommended...
3 and L4 with spondylolisthesis at L4L5 ... I was recommended spinal fusion L3to ... L5 With disectomy and implant l3 and ... L4. ... My surgery is the end of June.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 25, 2024
I have had 3 back surgeries/fusion L1&2,L3&4,L4&5, results severe lower back pain is worse, and in...
I have had 3 back surgeries/fusion L1& ... 2,L3&4,L4&5, results severe lower back ... What can be done to have the feeling back ... in my leg, and relieve severe back
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Mar 27, 2016
I am almost 3 weeks post op from spinal fusion L3 L4 and L5. I am...
I am almost 3 weeks post op from spinal ... fusion L3 L4 and L5. ... No more pain down the back of my legs ... I was so afraid of this surgery but ... because I used to scan it prior to surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 9 1:03pm
Leslie: Could you tell me more about laser treatments? Did you get them through a chiropractor...
Did you have a laminectomy on the L3 ... , 4, and 5? ... I’m waiting for back surgery L4-5 with ... fusion and laminectomy of L3,2, and
Yes, I do have leg numbness, burning, tingling, stabbing and sciatic pain mostly in my left...
-3 and L3-4. ... My fusion involved L4-S1 so my pain ... rounding of the spine) centered at L3 ... arthritic changes at L2-L3 and L3- ... L4.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 24, 2024
My surgeon never said too much about pt. Did some basic pt after the surgery but...
Did some basic pt after the surgery ... I am post 16 months from l3/l4 l4/l5 ... started a new pt regiment to build back
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Apr 25 6:58am
Wow.... luckily I have no cervical issues. Yes, I believe each surgery risks further future issues...
Day 1 cage S1/L5 & L5/L4. ... The 2nd day, I would address L2/l3 & ... amp; L3/L4. ... Fusion from T11 or T12 to S1 thru the back ... and one surgery.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Mar 5, 2024
I had a L3toL5 fusion done with a decompression and a TLIF at L4/L5. The surgery...
I had a L3toL5 fusion done with a decompression ... and a TLIF at L4/L5. ... and they had to go back in and clean ... But during my recovery (I am almost 3 ... set of X-rays, CT, and MRI all came back
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 4 4:31pm
Greetings, all. I am a member of "My Chronic Pain Team" website but stumbled on the...
quality of life, I was a bit taken back ... bilateral foraminal narrowing at L3 ... -L4. ... -L3 and L4-L5. ... most significant at L3-L4 with Modic
I have had two successful back surgeries performed by neurosurgeon’s. I am 72 years young, an...
I have had two successful back surgeries ... The first in 1992 was a herniated L5S1 ... The second in 2021 was a L3L4 stenosis ... creation, with short healing times < 3
I had a L3/L4 fusion back in 2020. My back pain before the surgery was through...
I had a L3/L4 fusion back in 2020. ... My back pain before the surgery was ... After the surgery, I did 5 laps around ... also had no complications with the surgery ... Good luck with your surgery.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 23 2:51pm
@1christopher Dont dispare as there is hope. I had two surgeries. The first was a L5-S1...
I had two surgeries. ... but after about a year the pain came back ... , so I had another surgery to fuse L4 ... recovery took a bit longer... about 3 ... months, BUT after that I was back to
I am a Mayo patient waiting to have spine surgeries. My surgeon did not want to...
Surgeon is proposing 3 surgeries in ... 1 week: Monday, operate from back ... for Stenosis at L2-3 and L3-4. ... operate from front with fusion of L4 ... Friday, operate again from back with
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 7, 2022
Just a brief glimpse of my spine history and responses: 2019: neck fusion C5-7. Excellent results....
L4-5. ... months. 2023: Right hemilaminectomy, L4 ... believe its adjacent disease of upper (L3 ... has suggested a laminectomy of L3-4 ... Also received Epidural, L3-4.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 4 7:48am
They can place a larger cage. It requires two surgeons… vascular surgeon and spine surgeon. I...
One had a 2nd surgery and the other ... It can only address S1/L5 and L5/L4. ... In my case they would operate on L/3 ... /4 and L2/L3 from the side or off to ... Could be a two day surgery.
I'm scheduled for a RF ablation next week. A couple of days ago, the doctor injected...
(L3-L4 and L4-L5). ... hours (it was only supposed to last 3- ... 4 hours). ... 'll let you know how the lower back ... My daughter (who is a spine surgery
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jun 30, 2025
I am 71 yrs old. Much lower back pain for many years and excruciating pain in...
Much lower back pain for many years ... I have lumbar surgery for L2, L3, L4 ... , L5, S1 after physical therapy and ... recovering but, have never looked back
I saw 4 doctors for my back before choosing the 5th one. Each one had a...
I saw 4 doctors for my back before choosing ... The 4th said L4-5 right sided laminectomy ... and he wants to do a laminectomy of L3 ... I had an epidural in L3-4 in June and ... TESI (transforaminal epidural) of L4
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 30 7:03am
@dredk I am pleased with my L3-L5 decompression/fusion. I had severe spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease,...
@dredk I am pleased with my L3-L5 ... stenosis, degenerative disc disease, L4 ... pain, weakness and numbness from low back ... I had the surgery in 2024 and have no ... the 3rd week in May).
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 9, 2025
I had an L 4-5 hemilaminectomy in 2023 because of spinal stenosis. I could barely walk...
I had an L 4-5 hemilaminectomy in 2023 ... I'm now facing laminectomy of L3 ... -4. ... ;s going on and convinced me to go back ... There are more horror stories about back
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 9 7:22am