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Reply With QuoteHi Richard.
I guess we're recovering together. I had surgery on 11/30 to remove my spinal hardware. You sound like you're doing well, considering what your body just went through.
I'm wishing you a speedy recovery.
Heather
This is a discussion on Two Weeks Post-op -- L4-S1 Fusion within the Surgical Outcomes forums, part of the Spine Surgery Forums category; Hello everyone! Two weeks ago I had a laminectomy with L4, L5 and S1 fusion. So far I have had ...
Two Weeks Post-op -- L4-S1 Fusion Hello everyone! Two weeks ago I had a laminectomy with L4, L5 and S1 fusion. So far I have had little pain and no complications. I see my surgeon tomorrow for my first checkup. At age 74, I didn't know what to expect but I have kept up a positive attitude. Up untill the day before the surgery I was maintaining my 4-mile daily walk at a brisk pace, with the aid of some Tylenol. So far all my walking has been inside but I'm planning and outside venture tomorrow.
My name is Rich Deringer and I am a new member. I am in the process of scheduling spinal surgery--laminectomy with fusion of L4, L5, and possibly S1. I am 74 and have spinal stenosis with severe compression at the forementioned vertebra.
Re: Two Weeks Post-op Hi Richard.
I guess we're recovering together. I had surgery on 11/30 to remove my spinal hardware. You sound like you're doing well, considering what your body just went through.
I'm wishing you a speedy recovery.
Heather
Heather
- 2006: Severe lower back pain
- 2007: chiropractic visits and therapy. X rays revealed issues, referred to Neurosurgeon
- 2008 Discogram, bone scan, MRI, and numerous CT scans
- 2008- pars defect congenital, Spondylolisthesis grade 2
- 2008: L5 S1 spinal fusion with Hardware
- 2008: 18 weeks of Physical Therapy post op
- 2007-2011: 12 sets of steroid injections
- 2011: Another bone scan revealed bone loss in Spine. Diagnosed with Osteopenia
- 2011: Spinal hardware removal surgery on 11/30
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