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Originally Posted by Leesa
Every time you have surgery, the level above/below will fail, and more surgery will be needed. It's a vicious cycle. The doctors don't tell you about this, but it happens almost every single time.
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I've dodged the knife so far,
Lee, so I don't know the answer to this. Do they inform patients of the possible complication of
arachnoiditis? (No - it's not an inflamed spider bite...) As I understand it from other spinal veterans (subject to correction), each invasive procedure (surgery) increases the likelihood of developing arachnoiditis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnoiditis
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