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Grand Magnate
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Northern Utah
Posts: 3,465
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Grand Magnate
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Northern Utah
Posts: 3,465
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My problems are in my lumbar area. I was born with Spina Bifida Occulta. The SB only affected my and my L5 and L6. I have 6 lumbar. I do have some bladder problems that SB will sometimes cause. Over the years, my surgeries were to correct herniated disc and vertebrae that seem to do what they want.
My surgery will fix two herniated disc, L2 to L3 and L3 to L4. My L4 is what I call my floater…it moves all over the place. The doc will be refusing my earlier fusions and removing bone spurs as well. I’m sure, once he opens me up there will be other things that don’t always show on up films.
I'm really glad I got the epidural because of the pain relief it has given me. However, they don't last very long with me so I'm slowly getting my pain back. At least I had a little pain free time. It was worth it. As bad as my pain was I don't want to even imagine how bad it would be if I had not done it.
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Suffered with back problems since birth...7 back surgeries to date, the last one being on 5/13/2015. Fibromyalgia, PTSD, Chronic Pain
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