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Originally Posted by doccarolyn
Hi everyone,
my name is Carolyn and I am new to this forum, I have spinal stenosis at L4and L5- with severe degenerative disc disease. I am on pain meds, nerve meds, etc and my doctor at least one or saying the stenosis is getting worse and I need surgery- of course he is a surgeon- my concern has anyone had successful decompression and laminectomy - all I hear are horror stories and I'm terrified- I have a Ph.D in psychology, one would think I could deal with my own anxiety, but it is really hard- has anyone had successful lumbar surgeries- also is anyone from the Los Angeles area- would like to connect with someone in regards to doctors etc- I enjoy this forum,
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Hi Carolyn,
I just had a thoracic laminectomy--too early to tell yet, but get very educated on the seriousness of the surgery, and make sure you give yourself 8 weeks to recover. I had 3 areas worked on, mid back thoracic, and the pain is daily almost one month later. I had no clue just how invasive it would be, and wish I would have gotten all the facts upfront with recovery etc...