Posted by BearNCrow on January 8, 2011, at 21:23:37
In reply to lumbar spine, posted by twinleaf on January 8, 2011, at 12:33:34
our histories sound so similar! mine has been since age 13ish (i'm 33). i have never had sciatic nerve pain really. now that is all i feel and the pressure in my left leg is building up so much and the shooting pains get worse. it's unbearable. just give me the back pain again and it'll feel like a total cure. my L3/L4, L4/L5, L5/S1 are dead, smashed, black, splooging. i have bone spurs. not sure what all last week's MRI will show in comparison to septembers. i'm most worried about nerve damage. if i was told right now that my left leg will always feel like this or they could amputate it for total pain relief i'd have the saw out in a millisecond. i'm seeing surgeons trained in minimally invasive. the first guy, much older, said spinal fusion is my only option. then a generation younger surgeon said spinal decompression. i was told this past week that the nerve pain can be fixed but that my lower back will always hurt like it does (i can't sleep in a bed and can't stand for longer than 5 minutes!). i know jhu is highly reputable, but also believe cincinnati has some great surgeons and i want to recover at home. i have to believe that i can live like you with less pain. thanks for sharing your story!
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