muscle96ss
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Bio (or anyone)--I talked to you a few years back about some of this. About 5 years ago I putting in flooring and ended up in the most severe pain ever. Diagnosed with severe stenosis, spondylolithesis, I was scheduled for laminectomy with fusion of L3,4,5. I ended up going to a spine wellness center and had them work on it, the decompression helped knock out the pinched nerve that was so debilitating. I did not want the fusion, so I cancelled the surgery and been living with it since. I do notice some left leg weakness, most of all my balance is quite poor but I am not in alot of discomfort. What kind of recovery did you have from your fusion? I understand back surgery is mostly only to relieve the pain symptoms and not so much the other issues. Seeing I am not in pain, not sure if this is recommended for me, but need to do something.
I think the question I would have is whether or not the weakness and balance issues are caused by the impingement of nerves. If in fact they are and the damage is not already permanent, then surgery would be an option and probably necessary to prevent the damage from becoming worse or permanent. I would guess that an EMG/NCV would give you some of the answers regarding whether in fact it is nerve impingement causing those symptoms.