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@randallshields56 Would love to talk to you more about the decompression you had with the chiropractor....
love to talk to you more about the decompression ... I had one small surgery but it didn& ... #039;t really help for more than 3 months ... a laminectomy at l3-l4. ... this week with a place that does that decompression
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: 16 hours ago
Hello Ron @thankumayo, Sorry that your neuropathy pain on the bottoms of your feet has gotten...
find members who have posted about L3 ... /L4 decompression surgery if you want ... search=l-3%20decompression%20surgery
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Oct 18 5:56pm
@charlie92plus I have spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease and neurogenic claudication. I had surgery after injections...
I had surgery after injections stopped ... My lumbar spine decompression and fusion ... Have they recommended surgery to you ... (I had L3-L5 decompressed/fused) but ... -L5.
Discussion: Back Pain
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Feb 3, 2025
Oh my gosh! I just read elizamail's post. I am about to have surgery for laminectomy,...
I am about to have surgery for laminectomy ... , open decompression & possible fusion ... - L3,L4,L5. ... reading all these posts or cancel my surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 26, 2016
I had a similar experience after an L3/L4 decompression a few years ago. I know you...
had a similar experience after an L3 ... /L4 decompression a few years ago. ... I had L5/S1 fusion and decompression ... surgeries after the nerve pain occurred ... , but the surgeries had no effect good
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 18, 2024
My doctor is recommending Posterior Cervical Decompressive Laminectomy Instrumentation and Fusion, C3 - C6 with foraminotomy,...
is recommending Posterior Cervical Decompressive ... Laminectomy Instrumentation and Fusion, C3 ... In addition, to Posterior Lumbar Decompressive ... Laminectomy L2 - L5. ... too quick to have the recommended surgeries
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 6, 2025
@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 ... decompression/fusion. ... I had the surgery in 2024 and have no ... I am 55 and anticipate more surgeries ... the 3rd week in May).
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 9, 2025
@s3three Your symptoms sound like mine before my surgery on L3-L5. I have severe stenosis, degenerative...
@s3three Your symptoms sound like ... mine before my surgery on L3-L5. ... My symptoms improved after my decompression ... and fusion surgery.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 1, 2025
@jp21 What were your symptoms when you were 36 and why was surgery recommended? What were...
What were you told the surgery would ... laminectomy have more problems than if decompression ... My surgeon recommended decompression ... the beginning for both my C5-C6 and L3 ... -L5 surgeries (lumbar spine surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 13, 2024
@pljauthor You may want to consider surgery sooner rather than later because not having discs to...
pljauthor You may want to consider surgery ... They used some of my own bone from decompression ... to use for fusion material between L3 ... -L4 and L4-L5.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 16, 2024
@elizamoore I had L3-L5 decompressed and fused in August 2024. I still have some healing to...
@elizamoore I had L3-L5 decompressed ... neurogenic claudication before my surgery ... you for not wanting to do another surgery ... Would the revision surgery be at L5- ... S1 or would new decompression/fusion
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 15, 2025
Had v3-7 decompression and screws/bolts, plus t10-12 screws/bolts. Dr told me just walk out after surgery....
Had v3-7 decompression and screws/bolts ... Dr told me just walk out after surgery ... Now issues with lumbar, dr wants to decompress ... l2-s1, different drs want Inst fusion
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Jun 29 6:29pm
@wywomanjk I had l3-l5 decompressed and fused and it can take 3-6 months heal and a...
@wywomanjk I had l3-l5 decompressed ... and fused and it can take 3-6 months ... year to see the full impact of the surgery
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. ... The surgery went well except for a hematoma ... that started a few days after surgery ... But during my recovery (I am almost 3
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 4 4:31pm
@penn Remind me, what happened with your laminectomy? I had lumbar decompression and fusion L3-L5 August...
I had lumbar decompression and fusion ... L3-L5 August 2024 and still healing ... Some improvement of pre-surgery symptoms ... I also had ACDF cervical spine surgery
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jan 9, 2025
I am a Mayo patient waiting to have spine surgeries. My surgeon did not want to...
Mayo patient waiting to have spine surgeries ... Surgeon is proposing 3 surgeries in ... -3 and L3-4. ... -5 and L5-S1. ... operate again from back with additional decompression
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 7, 2022
At UCSF, epidurals with 3D guided CT scan. They can get around the bone spurs and...
direct “hit” on the compressed nerve in L5 ... -L4/S1. ... Lasted 3 1/2 months. ... If i ever do surgery it would be the ... decompression.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Feb 24 10:00am
I think he did acknowledge that it was there before, but he just did the decompression...
there before, but he just did the decompression ... in the L3-4 area because he said it ... I just read about a surgery called foraminotomy
@northstar I had decompression and fusion of L3-L5 in 2024. Severe stenosis, degenerative disc disease L4...
@northstar I had decompression and ... fusion of L3-L5 in 2024. ... They did the surgery only from the back ... It was the most painful surgery ever ... symptoms started to improve after 3
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 27, 2025
@ellen1944 I had L3-L5 decompression and fusion surgery in August 2024. I’m in my mid 50s...
@ellen1944 I had L3-L5 decompression ... and fusion surgery in August 2024. ... to review surgery hardware, soft tissues ... When you have decompression and fusion ... surgery, you are at risk for adjacent