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Hi Mike @domiha, @centre shared some thoughts on radiculopathy vs neuropathy in another discussion here that...
domiha, @centre shared some thoughts on radiculopathy ... members shared their experience - "lumbar ... fusion for radiculopathy" - https ... search=lumbar+fusion+for+radiculopathy
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: May 15, 2024
Difficult decision for sure.... I am 69 y/o. In 1974, I incurred what they called an...
still had virtually no symptoms of radiculopathy ... plate put anteriorly onto a couple of lumbar ... My fusion worked, It stabilized my Spondylo ... think a complete decompression and fusion
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Nov 2, 2025
@daisy22 Before my lumbar laminectomy in 2022, I saw 5 different neurosurgeons before choosing one. MRI...
@daisy22 Before my lumbar laminectomy ... I think that would have involved a fusion ... I was complaining of he neuropathy/radiculopathy ... said, "If I went back and did a fusion ... .... but it seems it needs to be a fusion
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Nov 6, 2025
@jab29 What levels of your cervical spine did you have ACDF surgery done on? Did your...
/nerves compressed/pinched causing radiculopathy ... I have cervical and lumbar stenosis ... injury and neurogenic claudication/radiculopathy ... levels that I had decompression and fusion ... due to spinal cord compression and radiculopathy
I saw the NP at the office of my PCP a few weeks ago after I...
I also read that "Radiculopathy ... /S1 area, perhaps this is actually radiculopathy ... laminectomy suggested at one point that a fusion ... nerves exit the spinal column in my lumbar
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Mar 19, 2024
Hi Everyone, I am back with another moan, but I have been in excruciating pain since...
laser surgery because I did not want a fusion ... Radiculopathy Findings: There is ... scoliosis of lumbar spine convex to ... There is lumbar spondylosis. ... Comment: Scoliosis of lumbar spine convex
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Oct 11, 2023
Hello, I had laminectomy and fusion of my cervical spine ( stenosis) 12/2016 and lumbar spine...
Hello, I had laminectomy and fusion ... cervical spine ( stenosis) 12/2016 and lumbar ... from the two surgeries before the lumbar ... to press on the nerve root sending radiculopathy ... It stopped the thoracic spine radiculopathy
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jun 5, 2023
Hi, Nancy @nct12 I spent a half hour writing a long detailed reply.... then it failed...
I was diagnosed with lumbar stenosis ... trouble with balance.... and I had a fusion ... I do have steroid injections in my lumbar ... Radiculopathy is compression of the ... they exit the spinal column... and radiculopathy
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Oct 2, 2024
Hi everyone! I am 47 years old. I have chronic pain that started in my early...
a RN and decided to have my first fusion ... at 38 years old, I had an Anterior Lumbar ... Interbody Fusion (ALIF) for L4-L5 and ... , stiffness, severe headaches, and radiculopathy ... standing) Osteopenia on DEXA scan Radiculopathy
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Nov 30, 2021
Hi dlydailyhope, how are you? Thank you for your response. I had those tumors before for...
I did discuss the cervical and lumbar ... Radiculopathy Findings: There is ... There is lumbar spondylosis. ... 2023 that I would require a cervical fusion ... Dr Deukmedjian recommended a fusion
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 6, 2024
(MRI Spine Lumbar w/ + w/o Contrast) Lumbar radiculopathy Report Exam Date/Time 10/25/2023 17:44 EDT Procedure...
Lumbar radiculopathy Report Exam ... Lumbar radiculopathy Technologist Notes ... interbody graft placement L4-L5 with solid fusion ... Remote postsurgical changes with solid fusion ... interbody graft placement L4-L5 with solid fusion
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 14, 2024
@kensie123 I have cervical spondylotic myelopathy/degenerative cervical myelopathy, spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, radiculopathy at the...
stenosis, degenerative disc disease, radiculopathy ... Some will show radiculopathy on EMGs ... surgeries required fusion so I have ... spine surgery wasn’t as bad as my lumbar ... Whenever you have decompression and fusion
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Dec 10, 2024
@staab4 Hi, I’ve had disc problems for over 20 years now. I have cervical fusion’s at...
I have cervical fusion’s at 4/5,5/6,6 ... 6 didn’t fuse so I’ve had cervical radiculopathy ... My current problems involve my lumbar ... after 4 previous surgeries including fusion
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Sep 29, 2025
@janagain Hi, Jan. I had ACDF surgery c5-c6 in 2022 and ACDF surgery on c6-c7 in...
neck and have experienced the pain of lumbar ... which caused cervical myelopathy and radiculopathy ... Did the fusions fail? ... ways that caused problems for the fusion ... NSAIDs while recovering since they make fusion
I truly appreciate your response and feedback. I'm not afraid of doing surgery. I have had...
radiculopathy or sciatica. ... fusion. ... fusion would cause heterotopic ossification ... I realize that a lumbar fusion could ... The "limited" lumbar fusion
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Dec 27, 2022
To expand a bit (and I am finding context is everything): I am 76 and formerly...
I had 3 bouts of radiculopathy of one ... I could only walk while flexing my lumbar ... surgical fellow who would be doing the fusion ... patient for the procedure having only radiculopathy
@grandmar I had a laminectomy in December, 2016, and it was one of the best things...
My brothers have both had fusions of ... various lumbar disks, and they still ... Active Release Technique, relieving lumbar ... tweak and to address other issues (radiculopathy
Support Group: Fibromyalgia
Posted: May 2, 2018
Same problem; HNP @ L4-L5, with radiculopathy/sciatica. Was losing strength & control of Rt leg. Microdiscectomy/laminotomy...
Same problem; HNP @ L4-L5, with radiculopathy ... Constant lumbar pain (4 on 1-10 pain ... Asked about spinal fusion as maybe a ... sent me for a 'discography' to see if fusion
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Apr 26, 2012