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Do symptoms of myelopathy ever get better?
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| iSpine Discuss Do symptoms of myelopathy ever get better? in the Main forums forums; bprerachers, Sometimes it takes a long time for the nerve pain to go away. I had 2 surgeries within the ... |
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02-10-2013, 12:06 AM
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bprerachers,
Sometimes it takes a long time for the nerve pain to go away. I had 2 surgeries within the last 6 months, both lumbar this time. The first one left me in horrible pain. My sciatic nerve was very injured or squished or whatever they want to call it. Basically i was hiking the day before surgery and after it , i couldn't not walk. Barely with a walker to get the the bathroom , but in extreme pain. I have had quite a bit of pain through my spine journey, but this was bad. So my next surgery was to get me out of pain. It worked. All the nerve pain was gone., Still surgical pain. I am left with leg pain on my left leg in the butt area, a band across my lumbar spine. I feel some burning, numbness on the left side aLSO. The right side was fine until i started physical therapy on Monday. I layed on my back and it really flared up the right side. I also had the nerve pain and weakness on my left arm before my first cervical surgery. Ok i have rambled I think both of us still have lots of healing to do. I am sure some more of the symptoms will go away in the next year or less. I am counting on it. I know it can take a year or more to totally fuse so lots is going on. Hope this helps a little judy
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2007 ACDF 4-7 2008 hip , knee scope, hip replacement 2009 thoracic T-5 thru T-11fusion 2009 VATS T7-8, posterior only T11-12. removal of thoracic hard wear 2010 lung surgery 2010 T2-L2 kyphosis correction 2010 Kyphoplasty T-3, T-4 2011 Cervical osteotomy ,revision C4-T5 2011 Foot surgery 2011 Revision fusion T7 thru L4/laminectomy 2012 Hammertoe correction left foot 2012 Revision fusion T-12 thru L5 2012 Revision fusion L4-L5 
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02-11-2013, 06:40 PM
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re long time
It took from 1992 to 2010 for me to be able to stop the medication I took for nerve related pain post my 2nd spine surgery. Now somewhere in that time between 2005-2010 I was able to stop taking Gabapentin and not have horrible burning pain. I tried that in 2004 and still had neuropathies very badly.
The only thing that I know that happened was supposedly my facets at L5S1 fused. I thought I had autofused at that level but a very recent xray per my OSS shows that I've not yet fully autofused at that level. Still he said a fusion is a fusion and that is probably why I've had significant relief at L5S1 (L4 still is problamatic re flare ups/pain). It was a long haul re relief from neuropathies and while I hope they may be gone forever I think I'm just enjoying any reprieve I've been able to have!
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