I ama 80 yo male who is in reasonable good health except for lower back and frontal thigh pain. i have been suffering for about 8-10 years. I have been controling the pain with epadurals but it has gotten worse. My Nurosurgeon wants to fuse L3-L4-L5. I am concerned about the recovery time and living alone also the fact that the vertibre above and below become weakend. I have contacted "Microspine" and submitted my latest MRI report and they claim I am a candidate for their procedure.

I would like comments about Microspine and my condition.

Lou

I don't know anything about the place you want to know about but I wanted to say hi to you and welcome you to the group.

80 years old, how amazing. I am 56 and hoping I won't make it to that age. I am glad to see people that do and can keep going though.

As far as back pain, I have back problems also but I have never considered the surgery. I will say though, I had a friend that had back surgery at the age of 64 and she was heavy set but did great from it.

I hope you find the answers you need. I am glad you found us and hope you hang around.

Ada

Hi Lou,
I'll copy your post to the Spine forum, here's the link-
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...ad.php?t=42822

Hi Lou and Welcome to NeuroTalk. I have never heard of Microspine, but hope whatever you decide, that it helps you.

Please make yourself at home and glad you found us.

Hi Lou! Welcome to NeuroTalk! There are lots of really caring and knowledgeable folks who hang out here, so I imagine you will get some good responses to your post/thread.

My Dad will turn 95 in a couple of months. He is very self-sufficient and doing good. But, he walks with his torso tipped forward at about a 40 degree angle. He never complains that his back hurts, though, so I'm very happy about that.

Could you please explain more about microspine, or post a link? Thanks and good luck to you!