I had an SI joint Fusion when I was young. I was 19 years old. It has been 14 years now. It was the BEST thing I have ever done. I was in major pain, I couldn't walk, and my Dad had to carry me around. Even sitting in a wheelchair hurt like heck, it was just constant pain. I developed arthritis in my SI joint so my first surgery was just to go in and clean it up. Get all the arthritic bone out. That didn't work at all- I was still in pain for about a year.

Then SI fusion surgery was brought up. At this time there wasn't a lot of info out there cause this was 14 years ago. I thought to myself I am 20 do I want to be in pain for the rest of my life like this? I went ahead with the surgery because I had nothing to lose. If it didn't work ok I would be in pain , but I still am in pain. I couldn't work or go to college. I had to drop out of my first year of college because walking hurt to much.

I am so glad I had the surgery. I am not in pain anymore- only when the weather gets cold. I still have my screws and plates in. I was supposed to get them removed but my surgeon said if you not in pain and they haven't cracked yet don't fix what's not broken. So we decided that once it does crack then I will have another surgery till then I am walking, running, hiking, etc. all with a fused SI joint.

I recommend SI fusion to anyone BUT you have to make sure you get a darn good surgeon who know's what they are doing. Go to a medical university trauma level one hospital. I had mine done at UCLA-- University of Calif. Los Angeles. The only thing that I had complications on was my pregnancy. Because of the weight I had gained I had to be on bed rest for the last couple of months to avoid putting weight on my SI joint.