I'll you both of you in my prayers.

p.s. My boss said his only regret was not having the surgery sooner. He could have avoided a lot of pain.

Our local doctor says the surgery will take care of the problem & I so hope that will be the case for my husband!

My husband has multilevel stenosis most severe at L3-4 & L3-5 with 95% narrowing. Our local doctor seemed to think surgery is the only option but we'll have to see what the orthopedic specialist says. Pain started around Thanksgiving & dh was sent to a physical therapist who seemed to help him. But then the leg just got so weak we started to think his cancer had something to do with it. MRI & x-rays ruled out a return of the cancer & showed the problem to be in the back. Our son-in-law had back surgery after he fell & crushed a vertebrae. I know he was in horibble pain after the surgery & I keep thinking about that too. Not good!

He did really well following it and was back to work in about 6 weeks. He was so happy to be pain free and able to walk comfortably.

wow! Judy, just hang in there.... so glad your husband survived that fall... that in itself is a miracle!
Prayers for you!

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does he experience a lot of pain from it? If so, the latest surgery I had is a new procedure called a radio frequency ablation. The procedure uses heat to burn away some nerves and lessen the pain. I'm not sure, tho, if it could help stop the leg from giving out.

I did have a problem back in the 1990s with one of my legs giving out on me. It happened once when I was going down some stairs, and I almost fell down but fortunately caught the rail just in time. At the time I had a herniated disc that was compressing against a spinal nerve root. It's a very eerie experience when your leg just suddenly gives away like that. After I had what was my first back surgery, which included a laser discectomy and laminectomy at L4-5, my leg stopped giving out on me and my lumbar spasms stopped. But wow, the pain after the surgery was much worse than the pain before the surgery, tho for safety reasons it was good that my leg no longer gave out on me.

Good luck to your husband. I hope his surgery is very successful or, preferably, not necessary.





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how terrible! I am so glad he didn't get hurt worse, how SCARY! I bet you want the flowers and sunshine back.

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Im glad the fall wasn't any more serious. My wifes cousin had decompression surgery I don't know too much about it but I know he is alot better now. I really hope 2010 gets better and Im sure it will.

oh thank god the fall wasn't worse than it was! i truly hope your 2010 gets better! i will be thinking of you!

...I agree and hope they come back soon. I don't like all this cold nonsense.

Judy, sorry to hear about your hubby's back issues. I hope your year gets better, for goodness sakes. I will keep you both in thought and prayer.



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hope your dh is ok , and that surgery goes well for him, and that the rest of the year is uneventfull, tell Dolly that we wonder when the flowers are coming back too,

It's always good to read the positive stories like yours. Hopefully we'll get good results here too.

good thoughts for you and your husband...

and don't worry Dolly... the sunshine and flowers will come back

sorry about your husband I was getting ready to email you later to see how things where going... keeping your husband in our prayers...I have stenosis too in my lumbar and cervical areas very painful stuff, I have been under pain management and have taken shots which have last almost three years so far... keeping your SIL in our prayers too

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That is not good! Poor hubby, he must be sore everywhere!!

Wow, I hope it's just a January blip for your guys...

Looks like 2010 is going to be tough! Blessings to you all!!! Hoping that everything will be just fine!!

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Your poor hubby and you that must have scared you to death! I don't know anything about it but you guys will sure be in my thoughts.

I am so sorry, I had spinal stenosis @ 35 and had a spinal fusion, best decision I ever made!!

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