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Having surgery 10/19. L2-S1 w/hardware

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  1. 09-21-2011, 02:21 PM #1
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    Default Having surgery 10/19. L2-S1 w/hardware

    I'm already looking forward recovering from my up and coming surgery. I'm glad I found this site and hope to be able to contribute something as well.
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  2. 09-21-2011, 03:21 PM #2
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    Default Re: Having surgery 10/19. L2-S1 w/hardware

    Welcome!
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  3. 09-21-2011, 04:01 PM #3
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    Default Re: Having surgery 10/19. L2-S1 w/hardware

    hope it goes well, any questions just ask, between us we usually know the answer or what happened in our case.
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  4. 09-21-2011, 04:38 PM #4
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    Default Re: Having surgery 10/19. L2-S1 w/hardware

    good luck with it and hope it all goes well for you

    Phil
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    Default Re: Having surgery 10/19. L2-S1 w/hardware

    Thank you all very much!
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    Default Re: Having surgery 10/19. L2-S1 w/hardware

    Welcome and good luck. Hope all goes well for your surgery.
    1976 - Fell from tree. The beginning!
    1985 - Car accident - pull back muscle.
    1985 - Spring 2010 -Flare ups off and on. Meds manage - Life goes on.
    9/2010 -Pain returns, Diag DDD of the L4/5 & L5/S1 space with arthritis. .
    10/ 2010 - Referral to PM Doctor & PT. PT not helpful. MRI confirms DDD, bulging disc of L4/5space. Pneumonia. Pain off charts!
    11/2010 - 3/ 2011 2 RSNB/2 ESI. Relief short lived . Referred to surgeon.
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    Default Re: Having surgery 10/19. L2-S1 w/hardware

    I'm really getting nervous now. Also having a lot of regret on how I've treated my body in years past. I wish I could do it all different. Ha ha. Don't we all......
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  8. 09-24-2011, 01:34 PM #8
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    Default Re: Having surgery 10/19. L2-S1 w/hardware

    Quote Originally Posted by steelpicker View Post
    I'm really getting nervous now. Also having a lot of regret on how I've treated my body in years past. I wish I could do it all different. Ha ha. Don't we all......
    Best of luck, steelpicker. Being nervous is part of the process--if you weren't nervous before an operation, we would question if you were human!

    Keep us posted.

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  9. 09-27-2011, 11:23 AM #9
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    Default Re: Having surgery 10/19. L2-S1 w/hardware

    and welcome to the forum.

    Best of luck with your upcoming surgery.

    Kimberly
    43 yr. old female with 11 and 13 year old kids.
    10+ years of chronic back pain (Severe R/L leg pain for past year)
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    Herniations, foraminal stenosis and facet hypertrophy at all 3 levels
    Type II modic changes at L5S1
    Conservative measures not helpful (medication, NSAIDs, injections, PT, massage, chiro, lifestyle and ergonomic modifications)
    Microdiscectomy/Laminotomy (L5S1) 12/10 - Reherniated 6 weeks later.
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  10. 10-05-2011, 12:26 PM #10
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    Default Re: Having surgery 10/19. L2-S1 w/hardware

    Welcome! I hope it all goes well. I can relate to the nervousness, I feel it also. Keep us posted.

    Catherine
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    Pain increases until unable to work 9/09
    Find grade 1 Spondylolisthesis 3/10 with left L5 nerve root compression
    Left L5 & bilateral pars SNRB 5/11- no effect
    7/11 EMG and Nerve conduction test
    New MRI, finally! 9mm slip, bilateral pars fractures, facet hypertrophy and mild disc bulging at L4-L5 and L5-S1
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