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11-14-2013, 06:13 PM
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Had my appointment with Spinal surgeon on Friday.
They took a bunch more Xrays and found a good deal more arthritis in L4 and L5. Then he took my most recent MRI, and looked again. He found mild disk buldges in 3 spots, more arthritis, and narrowing of somethig.... Can't remember the word he used. I am scheduled for another MRI on the 18th and then most likely micro surgery. I have to be honest I am pretty scared.... Everything he found was mild or minor, but I am wondering if it all could add up to something that is causing my pain. I guess we will see with the fresh MRI. 
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11-17-2013, 05:02 PM
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what the MRI says and what you feel
Can be two very different things. I had a small bulge for a long time at L5S1 that I was told by every surgeon I saw for a long time "shouldn't" have been giving me the symptoms it was ... but it did and the symptoms were severe for me and very disruptive to my life. Especially when my back would go out every other month and I would be off my feet for 4 weeks or so in bed recovering. That was the point of my first discectomy.
I'm wondering if you were told you have stenosis? I think the updated MRI will give a better idea of what's going on and perhaps before you have a micro discectomy you'll have some other tests to make sure the suspected involved disc(s) is/are the ones really causing you pain. Wishing you the best and please keep us updated! Maria
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11-27-2013, 06:39 PM
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No diagnosis
If you are over 45 years of age, I would imagine it is stenosis. Sometines the extent of this is difficult to see even on MRI. I ended up having multiple minimally invasive surgeries to clean out this stenosis. Fortunately I had very good results. Hope you find the right surgeon and make the prudent decision.
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Rob Wilson 2/06 L4/5, L5/S1 ADR Stenum Hospital - Iliac vein cut w/ occlusion of iliac vein and hematoma 12/06 thru 8/07 Laser Spine Institute - 6 surgeries on L3/4 both sides, L4/5 both sides, L5/S1 both sides 4/08 Bonati Institute - redo of L5/S1 right 8/08 Bonati Institute - redo of L5/S1 left 12/08 Bonati Institute - redo of L4/5 right and left 9/09 Piriformis surgery to remove piriformis muscle causing sciatica
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12-04-2013, 07:35 PM
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Rob, it is soooo nice to see you still posting about your success. Your road was so difficult... I'm very happy to continue reading positive news!
mARK
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1997 MVA 2000 L4-5 Microdiscectomy/laminotomy 2001 L5-S1 Micro-d/lami 2002 L4-S1 Charite' ADR - SUCCESS! 2009 C3-C4, C5-C6-C7, T1-T2 ProDisc-C Nova Summer 2009, more bad thoracic discs! Life After Surgery Website President: Global Patient Network, Inc. Founder: www.iSpine.org
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