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Most of the people posting on here have had their surgery in recent years. On average fusions help you for about 5 years after that it is the roll of the dice. It always amazes me how people with unresolved pain issues keep thinking that yet another surgery would help. Such is the way of the...

There are lots of us on here with severe sciatica pain so . Your dosage is probably too low and you have to be titrated up. I take 2100 mg a day. I have had problems for over 40 yrs and am at the stage of no more can be done. Gabapentin is the only thing that has helped me at all. It is...

3 months after my spinal fusion I was unable to walk because I could not put any weight on my foot. The nerves just went crazy. It was severe sciatica. That was many years ago and my surgery was complicated but still everyone is different and sometimes scar tissue can also irritate the nerves.

Unless I am reading it wrong your report repeatedly says NO significant. Meaning that the findings are nothing significant which is a good thing. I am sure your doctor will explain things to you but for now the findings look pretty good. Good luck and I hope you begin to feel better...

Your spine specialist sounRAB like he is doing the best by you. The patients clinical picture is the most important thing not tests or MRI's and a good surgeon knows this. Thus the reason that my surgeon is not willing to do surgery on me until he gets further information. My symptoms don't...

The fact that you are improving and not getting worse would negate any need of surgery. Most of the time these things do get better on their own but patience is needed as it is a slow progress. Personally I am not a big fan of physio therapy for back problems others may disagree. Be careful...

Some of these guys are just plain unrealistic. Like your pain is indicative of some failure on his part. Three months after my fusion I was bedridden and unable to walk. The nerve pain was so bad no weight could be put on my leg. This is major surgery and one that few recover from quickly.

Leg and feet pain at night can be caused by claudication. As atherosclerosis progresses and blockage becomes more severe, a burning/aching pain in the feet and toes will occur particularly at night time while lying flat. This pain, known as rest pain, occurs because the arteries of the leg can...

Nerves need time to recover from the effects of surgery. They are pulled back in order to get to the lamina and disc. I wonder if surgeons are negligent in giving information to patients erabarking on surgery. Spinal surgery is not guaranteed to be a walk in the park.....it can be quite...

You have two other doctors that don't think you require the 3 level fusion. Also you are right to worry about the other levels being affected by this. What exactly is the diagnosis? I take it that you are unable to function at your job at the present time or able to be active or...

A discogram determines what disc is responsible for the pain. Your disc L5-S1 showed a pain response as 7 to 8 out of a possible ten and mimiced the pain you experience. When they tested L4-L5 you did not experience pain relief so they think that level may be involved as well. They try to...

I don't believe there is any going back after a spinal fusion. Sorry but there is no undo. This is one operation that should be undertaken with great consideration as it is so final and it so completely changes the natural anatomy of the spine.

I am so sorry to hear of your troubles. Can you tell me why the surgeons did such extensive surgery on you. What problems were you having prior to surgery and was it the result of an accident. How fully informed were you prior to the surgery about the risks involved?

Years ago I went to physio for my neck. I had some nerve encroachment at the time. Well I came out of the physio office in much worse shape than going in. The nerve pain shooting down my arms into my hanRAB was awful and my neck was twisted off to the side. When I went to my family...

Read my post again. I did not say that you were chasing a surgical solution. I made an observation about other posters. A cane is a permanent fixture in my life and there are no more surgical solutions for me. Walking with a cane is step up for me as for the last few years it has been a...

I know that you don't believe it now but nerve pain can go on for quite some time after surgery. I was unable to walk for three months. It will get better. As for the bowels take metamucil every night like the poster above told you.

Please try to relax about the facet injections. I had them and because of a previous fusion and changes in my anatomy the doctor was unable to keep doing them. Normally people get up on the table have them and go home. In my case it a long drawn out procedure every time. They are NO big...

I am so sorry that you are experiencing such pain. Surgery could end up producing more scar tissue. As far as the Neurontin dosage I listening to a pain specialist lecture and dosages of 1800 mg can be effective. Additional benefit of using doses greater than 1800 mg/day was not demonstrated...

Usually surgery is not pursued if arachnoiditis is shown to be present. Surgery can make arachnoiditis worse so as my own neurologist told me surgery is out. Arachnoiditis can be shown on a mri.