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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: East Tn
Posts: 359
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Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: East Tn
Posts: 359
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Concern About Numbness After Fusion???
Hello,
I had a spinal fusion on 6-15-06 and they nicked my dura in 2 places and said I had huge epidural veins (NS said I would have bled out iif they were nicked )so only did L1-2 L3-4 and skipped L5-6...and I had to lay flat for 5 days and was in hosp 10....anyway my pain has been much worse since the surgery and little by little I am getting numbness in many areas starting with left hand and arm, and of course in random places on feet and legs and these past 2 weeks it is in both butt cheeks and pelvic areas and I am getting scared! Has anyone else experienced this?? If so did it get better??
Thanks in advance!
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Back injury 1999, PN,DDD, Spinal Stenosis, Arthritis, Chronic pain, Lumbar Fusion 6-06, Pain Worse then Ever Since!10-10-06 Arachnoiditis! CES! now numbness from waist to thighs, bowel, bladder paralysis, self caths, chronic constipation. Left sided weakness! No appetite depression! Bed 22 hrs day!
Under care of PM 3 years. Diabetic, lost over 100 lbs was 300+, now 174 lbs. Normal labs, diet controlled!
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