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Originally Posted by fireman9915
I also forgot to mention that he advised I had moderate/severe spinal stenosis as well. I'm just very concerned about this because the first procedure was supposed to help this. He advised as well that where the nerve is passing through the foramen that the stenosis isn't helping the cause and the nerve has the canal completely filled so the nerve has no room. I hope all of this makes sense, I'm still trying to wrap my mind around all of this. Just want to get back to normal an be able to work and play with my kids most importantly!! Thanks everyone for any input!
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Hi fireman...i previously had neck fusion ---i was going great for 18 months ---then my shoulder and right arm started to become very painful..I actually thought I tore rotatar cuff...long story short had mri I also have severe stenosis but in the neck and c-5 the neural foreman is virtually blocked from it --the only fix would be to take out old hardware drill the foreman a large hole. However surgeon is against his because the risk of revison surgery and fusing a 2nd time on a muti level fusion drop significantly. So, long story short i went of 90days predisone treament and it didint help till that start of the third month....to feel any benefits. Still not 100% but improved symptoms 80 to 90% as long as I dont do anything to physcial. Wish you the best!!