This gentleman operated on both myself and my sister, both operations were successful (although neither were for lumbar spinal fusion). Trust me when I tell you this, you want this guy as your neurosurgeon. Google his name and you will get his office number. At his skill level he's very busy and you will have to wait for an appointment, but he is worth waiting for.
@@juicegeneral5082 Hello, I had what is called a " laminectomy", a standard operation. The post operation pain was minimal. I was back at work in about 10-14 days, actually I think a bit less. Of course, if your operation is more complicated, recovery time will be different. Best of luck.
I was a martial artist and trained 4 hrs a day 6 days a week. In 2010 I had L3/L4/L5/S1 fused. 5 days after surgery I was walking around in my dojo watching class. 4 weeks after surgery I had the best flexibility I have had in 20 years. 3 months after surgery I was back into full training. Lumbar spine however did not feel normal, felt like a concrete slab BUT After 2 years my legs where getting considerably weaker, gluteal muscles and thigh muscles noticeably smaller. This was even with regular exercises targeting these muscles. I also started having spinal problems in thoracic and cervical spinal due to changes in overall spinal movements to adjust for fusion. Lumbar spine still did not feel normal. After 5 years I was retired (from an IT job) as totally and permanently disabled. By this time I was have serious problems walking, and major thoracic and cervical spine problems. Major deterioration in gluteal and thigh muscles. At this stage it became almost impossible to teach karate and could no longer even lift my legs to even think about a kick, could barely stand on one leg. Stopped teaching karate Lower Back still did not feel anywhere near normal. After 10 years I had almost no gluteal muscles left, legs like matchsticks. Can barely walk more than a couple hundred metres, walking causes crippling paint in thoracic and cervical spine. Legs very week. But at this stage, 10 years after surgery my lumbar spine was finally starting to feel normal. If I had the choice again would I had spinal fusion…. NEVER
I had my S1/L5 fused in March - best decision ever though I was nervous about having the surgery due to all the bad press. My present and future are better for it.
@ brilliant ! I had key hole surgery (some surgeons still cut you through the middle) and 7 months later I’m going to the gym regularly, back to gardening etc basically back is strong and pain free - I’d forgotten what that was like 👍
@ while I’ll never be as flexible as I was before the surgery it doesn’t matter as I’m pain free and have gotten back to most things (such as gardening but have stopped yoga). I couldn’t walk in the end but if I knew that the surgery would provide me with such a great quality of life I wouldn’t have waited until it got that bad - for me it was a great decision
I had a L5 S1 fusion back in 04, I went into surgery Monday 08:00, out at 11:00. Home the next day for lunch, and back to work the following Monday with no restrictions. However, about 4 to 5 months later, the pain started to come back due to scar tissue growing into S1, and now S2. I still stay active with the Fire Police, USCG Aux, teaching firearm safety, and more. The pain is there even with 15 years of pain management, however I cut myself back more than half the prescribed during the 1st year on PM. Again, the pain is still there, but I can deal with it, and still function and be active.
That’s not the full story. I was a martial artist and trained 4 hrs a day 6 days a week. In 2010 I had L3/L4/L5/S1 fused. 5 days after surgery I was walking around in my dojo watching class. 4 weeks after surgery I had the best flexibility I have had in 20 years. 3 months after surgery I was back into full training. Lumbar spine however did not feel normal, felt like a concrete slab BUT After 2 years my legs where getting considerably weaker, gluteal muscles and thigh muscles noticeably smaller. This was even with regular exercises targeting these muscles. I also started having spinal problems in thoracic and cervical spinal due to changes in overall spinal movements to adjust for fusion. Lumbar spine still did not feel normal. After 5 years I was retired (from an IT job) as totally and permanently disabled. By this time I was have serious problems walking, and major thoracic and cervical spine problems. Major deterioration in gluteal and thigh muscles. At this stage it became almost impossible to teach karate and could no longer even lift my legs to even think about a kick, could barely stand on one leg. Stopped teaching karate Lower Back still did not feel anywhere near normal. After 10 years I had almost no gluteal muscles left, legs like matchsticks. Can barely walk more than a couple hundred metres, walking causes crippling paint in thoracic and cervical spine. Legs very week. But at this stage, 10 years after surgery my lumbar spine was finally starting to feel normal. If I had the choice again would I had spinal fusion…. NEVER
@@bbulliardI just had mine 3 weeks ago, the pain I was feeling before is completely gone, the healing process is just painful but it’s gotten so much better 3 weeks in, and mine was s1 L5, it just all depends I see some people have amazing results and I’ve seen that go very bad
It takes time for the bones to fuse together after surgery so you can’t speed this up necessarily. I was told that this means waiting three months before starting physical therapy. The last thing you want is to have a non-union of the fusion.
I had a bulging disc from leg workout gone wrong, CLUNK noise and was locked in and was hard to get up. I had crippling pain for a week, getting to bathroom from the bed felt like a lord of the rings adventure with each step a sharp pain in lower back like someone thrust a knife into your lower back and then twists it. But as my mom once got fusion surgery and she still has painful back 20 years later and me looking through TH-cam/asking around, 100% NEVER EVER letting a knife near my back unless it is life threatening. My first injury was in 2013. I had stress pain for 2 Years EVERY SINGLE DAY… i thought about suicide. But I kept strong and tried physio, tried all sorts of stuff beside surgery. After 2 years… of not being able to sit behind a computer without pain I finally started to feel better to the point I went back to the gym!! After a few months of gym I was back to my old weights even, very minimal back problems. I also discovered for me personally doing only hack squat and other leg raises, no leg press, no squats worked the best so I dont even get any real pain when sitting for 20hours!! And no pain when waking up getting out of bed. Im thankful I pushed through the pain and got help from sport massages and physios. In the end its hard to point what was the best but id say try to get moving, stretching and feel what workouts let you train without zero pain during and after workouts. No pills. I dont belive in vitamins eighter. Cold and heat bags may help?! I also wanna add that i need to be super careful still when doing excerises on new devices!! Ive had stuff like trying to quietly put weights down pull my back as hard.. so I always throw down weights and never have issues. Also stuff like new hack squat machine had different angle, also pulled back! But i work around the problems and if I have sharp pain again my recovery to 100% is just a week or max two, which can happen once every few years if I dont pay attention. Id say like im a guinea pig when I happen to injure my back again, I instantly go into “research” mode and try different things to see if any “advice” works better or not. So far every advice has been BS. Time will heal all wounds seems to work the best. TIME and just get moving, do not stay still!! It will be painful at first but for me the pain started to leave the body, slowly but surely
RHYMES4 U bird dogs, dead bugs, plank variations (firstly with knees on ground not full body weight), bridges etc. Do then very slit my and controlled. They have been a God send for my recovery. They tried to push surgery on me after a month of pain but I struck with a sports physio. Plus I was doing stem, teccar, ultrasound, acupuncture. Some days the pain was worse after exercises but after i got treatments later that day I was better. And now I have no pain just some calf weakness that is slowly going away. I am an athlete so I am used to pushing myself through pain when rehabbing. I started right away and could not do one calf raise. One month later u can do 20 multiple times and single leg jumps.
Time will not heal all back issues. I personally have literally no disc left on my L5 due to sport etc. Now I have bone on bone which is painful to say the least. Two options for me and many others,live with the pain or surgery. The 3rd option is pretty dark!
I have kyphoscoliosis. My right rib cage is engulfing my hip. My lungs, heart, and stomach are compressed and strained. I can't stand straight and walk hunched over. Ive been to terrified of spinal fusion surgery to have it done. This happened to me in less than 2 months time when is was 50 years old. Ive seen many specialists and no one can figure out why this happened. Im 52 and recently decided ghat i should go ahead with the fusion surgery. The pain and humiliation have me knocking on deaths door. I fugured im a gonner if i dont have the surgery. Then i started to read ghe comments here znd all my fears about surgery came back. Im trying to decide if i should just accept what ive become and not make it worse by doing the surgery and having something go wrong. Like waking up a ward of the state because im paralyzed from the neck down or having the rods snap off and cause all kinds of shit storms. Or wake up in unimaginable, irreversible pain and so on. Suddenly looking like a freak and being single the rest of my life doesnt sound so bad. At least its predictable and secure. Any thoughts from anyone? Thank you.
I had C6-C7 fused on August 30th 2024 and I thought my surgeon was going to do multiple levels, when I looked at the MRI there are bulges from C3 on down! My surgeon says she thinks that was the worse spot so that’s all she did. I think it’s because I have Tri Care insurance and they don’t pay well, so she didn’t want to spend any more time than necessary on me! Well, I woke up from the surgery and my left arm no longer went numb but my right still did and now, not 5 months later, I am back to both arms being numb worse than before the surgery! I am supposed to have L5-S1 fused but I don’t know if it’s worth it right now, my legs only go numb when I am sitting or in certain positions. I don’t know what to do! I wake up all throughout the night from the pain but obviously the first surgery did nothing!
I'm going on week 6 recovery after a Tlift and my lower back still hurts and cant do much bending over or lifting. I hope things improve soon. The way it was explained to me this minimal invasive outpatient thingy wasn't a big deal. I have my doubts
I’m having a ALIF on the L5/S1 in a few months. I always said I would never have surgery unless the pain just got too much. I started gymnastics at 2 and competed hard for 16 years. The pounding on my back and being diagnosed with scoliosis was not great. I was on the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team so more pounding. After 15 years of pain management, probably close to 50 injections, two spinal ablations, PT, acupuncture and over 210 opioids a month I realized I can’t keep putting bandaids on it. The spondylolisthesis of the L5 over the S1 has caused severe nerve pain down my leg to where I’m almost having dead foot. I’m terrified but have complete faith in my Neurosurgeon. Scared for the recovery since I have no family in town. Time to lean on friends😔
I hope you're able to find support for your recovery. If not, check your insurance benefits to see if you qualify for a home health nurse. Best wishes to you.
I have a mass lesion in L2 vertebrae and surgeons said that they have to remove the mass from vertebrae and put an implant in its place. I fear if it will affect my ability to exercise after surgery
A very high percentage of people are never the same after,as well they deff. Aren’t returning to a manual labor job, im supposed to have 2 disc replaced illiac bone graph, s1 fusion.I’ve recently talked to someone who regretted it.
@@jmj4life7 well a friends husband said in short he’d never do, again the pain is worse than be4 the procedure and the fact that he lost mobility do to the fusion on the s1. As for one of my family members she had to have hers done a 2nd time around & she’s constantly in pain as her back has pain flair ups whenever it wants.In the end they can’t guarantee the procedure is gonna take away the pain.
@@jmj4life7 These Dr. have no idea what they are talking about. Their corrupted. These doctor are butchering a patient when you fuse a vertebrae . Think about this if I fuse your knee and your knee longer have its mobility ; how can you possibly return back to a regular life and do sport? Every single doctor I have watch in life praises fusion: these are the same doctors still part of a corrupted system that’s controlled by big Pharma and the FDA . These doctor who does fusion; ther not doctors their butchers. A solution to fusion is to preserve the motion of the spine , To regain the mobility the spine bu using artificial dics and artificial facet joint . How do I know All these stuff ? because I’m currently living with a fusion L5 and s1 fusion .
once your fuse you’re fucked. Doctors across the globe of America Canada Germany will refuse a patient refused back to recover the level . I’ve been going through this now 14 years. Nobody wants to help me in the world but God is in control
I’m still deciding cause I’m scarred out of my mind got second opinion also because my 1st lawyer team missed mri. My full back and neck.they wanna take out 3 disc in my neck and fuse c-5-c4. Not including taking out 2 disc in lower back and fusing s-1.
08/21/22 I had my surgery 07/18/22 Black woman age 55 I hope that things improve for you Wow 😳oh😳no Prior to surgery, I was experiencing right side sciatica nerve pain, for year's however more recently I started having my right leg 🦵 had been buckling and giving out on me from time to time which prompted me to take another surgery. My right leg now is constantly numb but I use the walker for support because my knee still buckles I'm sure that it will disipate. This is my third back surgery and my last
i had l4 l5 fusion 1998 screws iare going vertcal all through at slight angle l4 into l5 i dont see this on any immiges scews srews seem to be protruding through base of l5 why this procedure not used any more thanks
That’s not the full story. I was a martial artist and trained 4 hrs a day 6 days a week. In 2010 I had L3/L4/L5/S1 fused. 5 days after surgery I was walking around in my dojo watching class. 4 weeks after surgery I had the best flexibility I have had in 20 years. 3 months after surgery I was back into full training. Lumbar spine however did not feel normal, felt like a concrete slab BUT After 2 years my legs where getting considerably weaker, gluteal muscles and thigh muscles noticeably smaller. This was even with regular exercises targeting these muscles. I also started having spinal problems in thoracic and cervical spinal due to changes in overall services spine. Lumbar spine still did not feel normal. After 5 years I was retired (from an IT job) as totally and permanently disabled. By this time I was have serious problems walking, and major thoracic and cervical spine problems. Major deterioration in gluteal and thigh muscles. At this stage it became almost impossible to teach karate and could no longer even lift my legs to even think about a kick, could barely stand on one leg. Stopped teaching karate Lower Back still did not feel anywhere near normal. After 10 years I had almost no gluteal muscles left, legs like matchsticks. Can barely walk more than a couple hundred metres, walking causes crippling paint in thoracic and cervical spine. Legs very week. But at this stage, 10 years after surgery my lumbar spine was finally starting to feel normal. If I had the choice again would I had spinal fusion…. NEVER
hello Sir. so sorry to hear that. it happen to me also.. my back surgery was a big mistake.. loss the use of my left leg. bowel bladder issues. pain is worse. cant walk far at all. use a wheel chair alot.. my poor wife.. God bless you sir. in my prayers. hope you are feeling better.. Amen....
😭 sorry may be physio to advise u on how to, been walking daily not less than 30 minutes,am walking now strong not as intially as an old lady.one year now
I'm very sorry that happened to you, but you do realize that the bones take up to 6 months to fuse. You didn't exactly set yourself up for success. There are biological processes that just take a certain amount of time.
Put up with 2 years of pain then couldn't walk had a spinal fusion of l4 l5 10 days ago I can't lift a pint of milk using a walker I'm 60 all I asked surgeon was that I could walk without pain
08/21/22 Yes this surgery can be used to treat scoliosis, screw's and rod's to straighten out the curving 🪝 spine. I have very mild spin curving but not surgically necessary The LIFT: L4-L5 is enough for me. Good luck
Had the L4 S1 fusion day 5 now still in recovery at the hodpital. My pain level first 3 days off the chart. Cant bend over yet still painful sitting on the toilet was a feet getting out if bed almost impossible without help
I'm Fused from T10 all the way down the S2 and then they did a pelvic fixation also… It's a major surgery I was in ICU for four days that I don't even remember let me knock out I don't know I don't remember but there's no way in nine days after my surgery I was gonna be able to do anything I want to die from my pain🤣 oh my God nine days even three months I was still hurting I'm still hurting now and it's almost a year😳🥲
I’m happy I’m finally cured from Shingles virus the blisters with the help of Doctor Ani John herbal medicine who I came across here on TH-cam I after using the herbal medicine within 13days My test result turned negative.. you saved my live doctor my God bless you always for your kind gesture for saving my life, am grateful sir🙏,,
@David Dalton, not a good idea to continue to work that kind of a job brother. I used to work in the warehouse and after I had my lower lumbar spine surgery I couldn't do things like that anymore, because it might cause further problem for your health.
You gotta be kidding me. I played college football. If you have a lumbar fusion operation and, thereafter, played high level tackle football, you would permanently cripple yourself. Don't be a dope.
This is ridiculous why am I constantly encountering comments of patients with fusions done and still in pain months to years after surgery. I thought this surgery is suppose to make patients feel better but it sounds like the only thing better is the doctors wallet…
A sub set of TH-cam commentators doesn't accurately represent the overall success rate of the majority of surgeries. People that had the surgery and have recovered don't watch these videos anymore and are getting on with their lives. There are always bitter, disappointed and angry people as the surgery failed to deliver and they remain in pain which is very sad to hear. Surgery involves risk and there is no guarantee that it will solve the problem. If things are bad enough then maybe it is worth rolling the dice..sometimes there is no choice as doing nothing will result in constant pain, limited mobility and poor quality of life. Many people have positive stories
This gentleman operated on both myself and my sister, both operations were successful (although neither were for lumbar spinal fusion). Trust me when I tell you this, you want this guy as your neurosurgeon. Google his name and you will get his office number. At his skill level he's very busy and you will have to wait for an appointment, but he is worth waiting for.
How long was your recovery?
@@juicegeneral5082 Hello, I had what is called a " laminectomy", a standard operation. The post operation pain was minimal. I was back at work in about 10-14 days, actually I think a bit less. Of course, if your operation is more complicated, recovery time will be different. Best of luck.
Short term very beneficial
Long term…definitely not
@@ronan4681 wat do you mean
I was a martial artist and trained 4 hrs a day 6 days a week.
In 2010 I had L3/L4/L5/S1 fused.
5 days after surgery I was walking around in my dojo watching class.
4 weeks after surgery I had the best flexibility I have had in 20 years.
3 months after surgery I was back into full training.
Lumbar spine however did not feel normal, felt like a concrete slab
BUT
After 2 years my legs where getting considerably weaker, gluteal muscles and thigh muscles noticeably smaller. This was even with regular exercises targeting these muscles. I also started having spinal problems in thoracic and cervical spinal due to changes in overall spinal movements to adjust for fusion.
Lumbar spine still did not feel normal.
After 5 years I was retired (from an IT job) as totally and permanently disabled. By this time I was have serious problems walking, and major thoracic and cervical spine problems. Major deterioration in gluteal and thigh muscles. At this stage it became almost impossible to teach karate and could no longer even lift my legs to even think about a kick, could barely stand on one leg. Stopped teaching karate
Lower Back still did not feel anywhere near normal.
After 10 years I had almost no gluteal muscles left, legs like matchsticks. Can barely walk more than a couple hundred metres, walking causes crippling paint in thoracic and cervical spine. Legs very week.
But at this stage, 10 years after surgery my lumbar spine was finally starting to feel normal.
If I had the choice again would I had spinal fusion…. NEVER
I had my S1/L5 fused in March - best decision ever though I was nervous about having the surgery due to all the bad press. My present and future are better for it.
Hello friend how you doing now. Pain levels
I was just referred for surgery on the L5-S1. How are things now?
@ brilliant ! I had key hole surgery (some surgeons still cut you through the middle) and 7 months later I’m going to the gym regularly, back to gardening etc basically back is strong and pain free - I’d forgotten what that was like 👍
@@SunStarIIIIhow is your spine flexibility and bending …. My spinal surgeon suggests doing the same … L5-S1 fusion
@ while I’ll never be as flexible as I was before the surgery it doesn’t matter as I’m pain free and have gotten back to most things (such as gardening but have stopped yoga). I couldn’t walk in the end but if I knew that the surgery would provide me with such a great quality of life I wouldn’t have waited until it got that bad - for me it was a great decision
I had a L5 S1 fusion back in 04, I went into surgery Monday 08:00, out at 11:00. Home the next day for lunch, and back to work the following Monday with no restrictions. However, about 4 to 5 months later, the pain started to come back due to scar tissue growing into S1, and now S2. I still stay active with the Fire Police, USCG Aux, teaching firearm safety, and more. The pain is there even with 15 years of pain management, however I cut myself back more than half the prescribed during the 1st year on PM. Again, the pain is still there, but I can deal with it, and still function and be active.
I am 2 minutes in and I still do not know. What was I doing here again.
That’s not the full story. I was a martial artist and trained 4 hrs a day 6 days a week.
In 2010 I had L3/L4/L5/S1 fused.
5 days after surgery I was walking around in my dojo watching class.
4 weeks after surgery I had the best flexibility I have had in 20 years.
3 months after surgery I was back into full training.
Lumbar spine however did not feel normal, felt like a concrete slab
BUT
After 2 years my legs where getting considerably weaker, gluteal muscles and thigh muscles noticeably smaller. This was even with regular exercises targeting these muscles. I also started having spinal problems in thoracic and cervical spinal due to changes in overall spinal movements to adjust for fusion.
Lumbar spine still did not feel normal.
After 5 years I was retired (from an IT job) as totally and permanently disabled. By this time I was have serious problems walking, and major thoracic and cervical spine problems. Major deterioration in gluteal and thigh muscles. At this stage it became almost impossible to teach karate and could no longer even lift my legs to even think about a kick, could barely stand on one leg. Stopped teaching karate
Lower Back still did not feel anywhere near normal.
After 10 years I had almost no gluteal muscles left, legs like matchsticks. Can barely walk more than a couple hundred metres, walking causes crippling paint in thoracic and cervical spine. Legs very week.
But at this stage, 10 years after surgery my lumbar spine was finally starting to feel normal.
If I had the choice again would I had spinal fusion…. NEVER
Well u fucked up by doing everything
Sorry to hear of your results, trading one problem for another, I'm undergoing something similar with the atrophy in the legs, not fun.
thank you for your history. gives me great pause. I am thinking of L1 to S1 fusion.
@@bbulliardI just had mine 3 weeks ago, the pain I was feeling before is completely gone, the healing process is just painful but it’s gotten so much better 3 weeks in, and mine was s1 L5, it just all depends I see some people have amazing results and I’ve seen that go very bad
@@Chiefles thank you
I'm researching this subject in preparation of an upcoming L3-L5 fusion for myself. My goal is to reduce the recovery time by 50%. Wish me luck 😁
After 3 weeks doctor going to send u work even if u still have pain
08/21/22
Gooo luck 👍
9/26/22 Blessings and love.
God bless you and take care of yourself, work smart and make it as easy as possible on your spine.
It takes time for the bones to fuse together after surgery so you can’t speed this up necessarily. I was told that this means waiting three months before starting physical therapy. The last thing you want is to have a non-union of the fusion.
I had a bulging disc from leg workout gone wrong, CLUNK noise and was locked in and was hard to get up. I had crippling pain for a week, getting to bathroom from the bed felt like a lord of the rings adventure with each step a sharp pain in lower back like someone thrust a knife into your lower back and then twists it. But as my mom once got fusion surgery and she still has painful back 20 years later and me looking through TH-cam/asking around, 100% NEVER EVER letting a knife near my back unless it is life threatening. My first injury was in 2013. I had stress pain for 2 Years EVERY SINGLE DAY… i thought about suicide. But I kept strong and tried physio, tried all sorts of stuff beside surgery. After 2 years… of not being able to sit behind a computer without pain I finally started to feel better to the point I went back to the gym!! After a few months of gym I was back to my old weights even, very minimal back problems. I also discovered for me personally doing only hack squat and other leg raises, no leg press, no squats worked the best so I dont even get any real pain when sitting for 20hours!! And no pain when waking up getting out of bed. Im thankful I pushed through the pain and got help from sport massages and physios. In the end its hard to point what was the best but id say try to get moving, stretching and feel what workouts let you train without zero pain during and after workouts. No pills. I dont belive in vitamins eighter. Cold and heat bags may help?! I also wanna add that i need to be super careful still when doing excerises on new devices!! Ive had stuff like trying to quietly put weights down pull my back as hard.. so I always throw down weights and never have issues. Also stuff like new hack squat machine had different angle, also pulled back! But i work around the problems and if I have sharp pain again my recovery to 100% is just a week or max two, which can happen once every few years if I dont pay attention. Id say like im a guinea pig when I happen to injure my back again, I instantly go into “research” mode and try different things to see if any “advice” works better or not. So far every advice has been BS. Time will heal all wounds seems to work the best. TIME and just get moving, do not stay still!! It will be painful at first but for me the pain started to leave the body, slowly but surely
Can you suggest me exercises
RHYMES4 U bird dogs, dead bugs, plank variations (firstly with knees on ground not full body weight), bridges etc. Do then very slit my and controlled. They have been a God send for my recovery. They tried to push surgery on me after a month of pain but I struck with a sports physio. Plus I was doing stem, teccar, ultrasound, acupuncture. Some days the pain was worse after exercises but after i got treatments later that day I was better. And now I have no pain just some calf weakness that is slowly going away. I am an athlete so I am used to pushing myself through pain when rehabbing. I started right away and could not do one calf raise. One month later u can do 20 multiple times and single leg jumps.
Time will not heal all back issues. I personally have literally no disc left on my L5 due to sport etc. Now I have bone on bone which is painful to say the least. Two options for me and many others,live with the pain or surgery. The 3rd option is pretty dark!
I have kyphoscoliosis. My right rib cage is engulfing my hip. My lungs, heart, and stomach are compressed and strained. I can't stand straight and walk hunched over. Ive been to terrified of spinal fusion surgery to have it done. This happened to me in less than 2 months time when is was 50 years old. Ive seen many specialists and no one can figure out why this happened. Im 52 and recently decided ghat i should go ahead with the fusion surgery. The pain and humiliation have me knocking on deaths door. I fugured im a gonner if i dont have the surgery. Then i started to read ghe comments here znd all my fears about surgery came back. Im trying to decide if i should just accept what ive become and not make it worse by doing the surgery and having something go wrong. Like waking up a ward of the state because im paralyzed from the neck down or having the rods snap off and cause all kinds of shit storms. Or wake up in unimaginable, irreversible pain and so on. Suddenly looking like a freak and being single the rest of my life doesnt sound so bad. At least its predictable and secure. Any thoughts from anyone? Thank you.
Very sorry... thanks for taking the time to explain all this.
I had C6-C7 fused on August 30th 2024 and I thought my surgeon was going to do multiple levels, when I looked at the MRI there are bulges from C3 on down! My surgeon says she thinks that was the worse spot so that’s all she did. I think it’s because I have Tri Care insurance and they don’t pay well, so she didn’t want to spend any more time than necessary on me!
Well, I woke up from the surgery and my left arm no longer went numb but my right still did and now, not 5 months later, I am back to both arms being numb worse than before the surgery!
I am supposed to have L5-S1 fused but I don’t know if it’s worth it right now, my legs only go numb when I am sitting or in certain positions.
I don’t know what to do! I wake up all throughout the night from the pain but obviously the first surgery did nothing!
I'm going on week 6 recovery after a Tlift and my lower back still hurts and cant do much bending over or lifting. I hope things improve soon. The way it was explained to me this minimal invasive outpatient thingy wasn't a big deal. I have my doubts
I just had this done I was in hospital 3 days
@@ritasue6866 wow. Mine was outpatient which I thought was going to be no big deal. Hope you heal quickly.
@@ritasue6866 I had my surgery on Thursday and went home Saturday.
@@ScottPrincePhotographyHow are you doing now
How is everyone going now with your recoveries ?
I have a spinal fusion L1-L3 and 2 weeks ago went to the orthopedic and they discovered a broken rod in my back
sorry to hear that. Whats the fix?
08/21/22
Does the surgeon 😷 have to go back in and collect the broken rode?
I’m having a ALIF on the L5/S1 in a few months. I always said I would never have surgery unless the pain just got too much. I started gymnastics at 2 and competed hard for 16 years. The pounding on my back and being diagnosed with scoliosis was not great. I was on the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team so more pounding. After 15 years of pain management, probably close to 50 injections, two spinal ablations, PT, acupuncture and over 210 opioids a month I realized I can’t keep putting bandaids on it. The spondylolisthesis of the L5 over the S1 has caused severe nerve pain down my leg to where I’m almost having dead foot. I’m terrified but have complete faith in my Neurosurgeon. Scared for the recovery since I have no family in town. Time to lean on friends😔
I hope you're able to find support for your recovery. If not, check your insurance benefits to see if you qualify for a home health nurse.
Best wishes to you.
How are you doing now?
@@SuzanneWaltimyer surgery is in December🤞🏻
Hello Dr. Jonathan, my L4 and L5 fused without having an operation.. may I ask if is there any sideeffect to my body in the long run?
I have a mass lesion in L2 vertebrae and surgeons said that they have to remove the mass from vertebrae and put an implant in its place. I fear if it will affect my ability to exercise after surgery
A very high percentage of people are never the same after,as well they deff. Aren’t returning to a manual labor job, im supposed to have 2 disc replaced illiac bone graph, s1 fusion.I’ve recently talked to someone who regretted it.
What did they regretted about
@@jmj4life7 well a friends husband said in short he’d never do, again the pain is worse than be4 the procedure and the fact that he lost mobility do to the fusion on the s1.
As for one of my family members she had to have hers done a 2nd time around & she’s constantly in pain as her back has pain flair ups whenever it wants.In the end they can’t guarantee the procedure is gonna take away the pain.
@@jmj4life7 These Dr. have no idea what they are talking about. Their corrupted. These doctor are butchering a patient when you fuse a vertebrae .
Think about this if I fuse your knee and your knee longer have its mobility ; how can you possibly return back to a regular life and do sport?
Every single doctor I have watch in life praises fusion: these are the same doctors still part of a corrupted system that’s controlled by big Pharma and the FDA . These doctor who does fusion; ther not doctors their butchers.
A solution to fusion is to preserve the motion of the spine , To regain the mobility the spine bu using artificial dics and artificial facet joint .
How do I know All these stuff ? because I’m currently living with a fusion L5 and s1 fusion .
once your fuse you’re fucked. Doctors across the globe of America Canada Germany will refuse a patient refused back to recover the level . I’ve been going through this now 14 years. Nobody wants to help me in the world but God is in control
I’m still deciding cause I’m scarred out of my mind got second opinion also because my 1st lawyer team missed mri. My full back and neck.they wanna take out 3 disc in my neck and fuse c-5-c4. Not including taking out 2 disc in lower back and fusing s-1.
Had fusion on L3 L1 almost 2 years ago! Still can’t walk normal! Used to be mobile now look like old lady walking! 😡
08/21/22
I had my surgery 07/18/22
Black woman age 55
I hope that things improve for you
Wow 😳oh😳no
Prior to surgery, I was experiencing right side sciatica nerve pain, for year's however more recently I started having my right leg 🦵 had been buckling and giving out on me from time to time which prompted me to take another surgery.
My right leg now is constantly numb but I use the walker for support because my knee still buckles I'm sure that it will disipate.
This is my third back surgery and my last
@@beblessedbeblessed8895How are you doing today? I hope you are fully recovered 🙏.
i had l4 l5 fusion 1998 screws iare going vertcal all through at slight angle l4 into l5 i dont see this on any immiges scews srews seem to be protruding through base of l5 why this procedure not used any more thanks
I love it when they introduce themselves as "board certified".
So you know they are not fake doctors
I’m almost two and half years now.. still I’m suffering with back pain.. seriously I wanna remove this off 😢
Curious what is the best Diet after Spinal Fusion? Do you think KETO is bad after Fusion or will keep the spine from getting enough bone growth?
Can you make a video and explain the negative affects of spinal fusion please?
That’s not the full story. I was a martial artist and trained 4 hrs a day 6 days a week.
In 2010 I had L3/L4/L5/S1 fused.
5 days after surgery I was walking around in my dojo watching class.
4 weeks after surgery I had the best flexibility I have had in 20 years.
3 months after surgery I was back into full training.
Lumbar spine however did not feel normal, felt like a concrete slab
BUT
After 2 years my legs where getting considerably weaker, gluteal muscles and thigh muscles noticeably smaller. This was even with regular exercises targeting these muscles. I also started having spinal problems in thoracic and cervical spinal due to changes in overall services spine.
Lumbar spine still did not feel normal.
After 5 years I was retired (from an IT job) as totally and permanently disabled. By this time I was have serious problems walking, and major thoracic and cervical spine problems. Major deterioration in gluteal and thigh muscles. At this stage it became almost impossible to teach karate and could no longer even lift my legs to even think about a kick, could barely stand on one leg. Stopped teaching karate
Lower Back still did not feel anywhere near normal.
After 10 years I had almost no gluteal muscles left, legs like matchsticks. Can barely walk more than a couple hundred metres, walking causes crippling paint in thoracic and cervical spine. Legs very week.
But at this stage, 10 years after surgery my lumbar spine was finally starting to feel normal.
If I had the choice again would I had spinal fusion…. NEVER
hello Sir. so sorry to hear that. it happen to me also.. my back surgery was a big mistake.. loss the use of my left leg. bowel bladder issues. pain is worse. cant walk far at all. use a wheel chair alot.. my poor wife.. God bless you sir. in my prayers. hope you are feeling better.. Amen....
😭 sorry may be physio to advise u on how to, been walking daily not less than 30 minutes,am walking now strong not as intially as an old lady.one year now
I'm very sorry that happened to you, but you do realize that the bones take up to 6 months to fuse. You didn't exactly set yourself up for success. There are biological processes that just take a certain amount of time.
Can you do this on osteoporotic spines?
Put up with 2 years of pain then couldn't walk had a spinal fusion of l4 l5 10 days ago I can't lift a pint of milk using a walker I'm 60 all I asked surgeon was that I could walk without pain
@Mac Cleba what do you mean not good?
I need this but have primary hyperparathyroidism,which is causing me bone loss and osteoporosis.
@@michaelknight2721 I have thyroid problems it wouldn't stop a spinal fusion I got one
@@catherinejackson6571 how is your fusion,was it a success for you and did you have osteoporosis?
Does this type surgery work on scoliosis? My spine is very crooked and the surgeon says it has to be fused with rods to straighten the spine
08/21/22
Yes this surgery can be used to treat scoliosis, screw's and rod's to straighten out the curving 🪝 spine. I have very mild spin curving but not surgically necessary
The LIFT: L4-L5 is enough for me. Good luck
I did l4 l5 June 10th, still having pain. Now I have a bulge at l2 l3 which requires another surgery.
Had the L4 S1 fusion day 5 now still in recovery at the hodpital. My pain level first 3 days off the chart. Cant bend over yet still painful sitting on the toilet was a feet getting out if bed almost impossible without help
I'm Fused from T10 all the way down the S2 and then they did a pelvic fixation also…
It's a major surgery I was in ICU for four days that I don't even remember let me knock out I don't know I don't remember but there's no way in nine days after my surgery I was gonna be able to do anything I want to die from my pain🤣 oh my God nine days even three months I was still hurting I'm still hurting now and it's almost a year😳🥲
You don't do ALIF? Only the TLIFs?
What about L-2 S-1?
I have a question for you how is this for someone that has a more physical job such as say a forklift operator and I'm out here in Indiana
I’m happy I’m finally cured from Shingles virus the blisters with the help of Doctor Ani John herbal medicine who I came across here on TH-cam I after using the herbal medicine within 13days My test result turned negative.. you saved my live doctor my God bless you always for your kind gesture for saving my life, am grateful sir🙏,,
@David Dalton, not a good idea to continue to work that kind of a job brother. I used to work in the warehouse and after I had my lower lumbar spine surgery I couldn't do things like that anymore, because it might cause further problem for your health.
Thankyou!
They told me its a 30 percenny chance it will work😢
Thanks
going to have fusion L2-S1,five levels!! any thoughts how big will be my disability ? I am 58 years old tho and diabetic..
You can avoid it if you have money to blow on stem cells and prolotherapy you can be good as new actually
I'm contemplating xlift at L3 L4.
Never heard anything less than 3 to 6 months. We'll see.
I wouldn't wanna find out, that's why I had disc replacement in Germany!!! 😂😂😂
How long before you can play football again???
You gotta be kidding me. I played college football. If you have a lumbar fusion operation and, thereafter, played high level tackle football, you would permanently cripple yourself. Don't be a dope.
This seems to be all about self promotion, much less about information.
Very optimistic, not particularly informative, more if an advertisement video
This is ridiculous why am I constantly encountering comments of patients with fusions done and still in pain months to years after surgery.
I thought this surgery is suppose to make patients feel better but it sounds like the only thing better is the doctors wallet…
A sub set of TH-cam commentators doesn't accurately represent the overall success rate of the majority of surgeries. People that had the surgery and have recovered don't watch these videos anymore and are getting on with their lives. There are always bitter, disappointed and angry people as the surgery failed to deliver and they remain in pain which is very sad to hear. Surgery involves risk and there is no guarantee that it will solve the problem. If things are bad enough then maybe it is worth rolling the dice..sometimes there is no choice as doing nothing will result in constant pain, limited mobility and poor quality of life. Many people have positive stories
You never addressed the topic of recovery -- other than a guy who did a concert 9 days after surgery. Total click bait -- NO THANK YOU!
He’s gonna need shoulder surgery for patting himself on the back so much 😐
You really never recover all the way..
You'll never recover. lifelong pain.
Hello friend how you doing now
@@its_ari5458 get a real job