Hi everyone,
i am 28 years old and had three spinal surgeries. My last one was in October just before Christmas which was a two level lumbar fusion at L5/S1. My pain and leg pain symtoms started to reduce and was managing 5 miles walks a day. For the past few weeks my pain is increasingly getting worse where I have been in a&e and been of work and unable to sleep or walk. My back pain and leg pain is so serve now I have been for an MRI.
Has anyone else experienced these problems?
Thank you in advise
G Bradley
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I experienced a recurrence of pain plus additional symptoms of "saddle anesthesia" (numbness in area that would touch a saddle!), severe pain down both legs into my feet, electric shock type pains throughout lower back and buttocks/genital area. This was about 6-7 weeks after my L4-S1 fusion surgery. Follow-up MRIs revealed scar tissue had built up at the surgical site, and was impinging my nerve roots (especially at the L4/5 level). I has a procedure called "epidural lysis of adhesions", and although not everyone is a candidate for this procedure, I have been amazed at the relief I have been experiencing as a result!
Have you received the results back from your MRI yet?
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