Three and a Half Weeks post op Lower Lumbar Surgery

At almost four weeks after surgery, I am walking every day up to a mile and a half . A few words of encouragement and hints to share with those of you anticipating and going through this process.

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[dmarkharris]

UncleChurch. You seem to have he same condition I have. My surgeon recommends fusion of L5S1 because of foraminal stenosis caused by Spondololythesis.

[77canucme]

Thank you for getting back to me. I am 3 months out now they removed my big brace,and the nerve pain is still there. I am facing two more surgerys now and to your video I will know now what to get a head of time.Thank you

[gittie33]

@77canucme I had some really annoying nerve pain for a few weeks after surgery too. It went down my leg to my foot, kept me awake. I would do without pain meds all day and then at night, to sleep I took one pill. That did the trick and the pain is now gone. They say intermittent nerve pain is normal after the surgery, I hope by now yours is gone.

[gittie33]

I saw this video before my spinal fusion surgery. I had 3 vertabrae fused and a discectomy. Out of the video diaries on Youtube from spinal fusion patients this one was the most encouraging. I had a recuperation similar to this man - quick, relatively pain free. I was off all meds 3 weeks after surgery. I think the reason I recuperated so quickly was I was fairly active. I really believe in being in the best shape you can before you go into this surgery.

[janis239]

Thank you for taking the time to make your videos.

[77canucme]

I am a month out I had triple layer spinal fusion with bone graph and the nerve pain in my foot is crazy. I can't find how many more days this will last or what to do about. I'm on no meds at all. I can walk but putting shoes on the feet hurt to bad. Any ideas?

[antwon494949]

THANX 4 THE VIDEO I HAVE HAVE 2 HAVE

SURGERY

[neiko207]

love you constantly encouraging you, it's so much easier. (Your parents (or guardians, whomever it is with you) might not tell, but they're secretly freaking out about it too. It'd be good for them to talk to the parent(s) of that patient too.)

p.s. get one of those grabbers he talks about in the video. It helped me a lot. I even picked tomatoes from our garden with it. Anything to feel somewhat healthy, right?

[neiko207]

@jared626 Hey, I'm not sure if anyone has answered you yet, but I'm 18 and I had the surgery 2 years ago. The best thing pre-op, I would say, is to talk to someone who has had the surgery. Preferably someone close to your age, since they tend to have the same type of thought process. See if your doctor can get you in contact with another patient. that was the best thing to help me prepare. They'll hopefully be honest with you. It's a really tough process, but when you have people who

[Stineford1973]

Will you be able to do activities like biking or basketball again? How big is the scar?