For anyone who hasn't yet had surgery or for those who had it later in life (I'm 46y/o) a question....
My back pain is constant and I take daily meds for it, just NSAIDS and paracetamol at the moment. My scoli is 35* thoracolumbar and I have DDD throughout.
I've had an L3/4 fusion and L4/5 disc replacement but my surgeon has said he doesn't want to fuse me top to tail as he believes it won't relieve my pain and keeps saying I'm too young whereas I think I'm getting too old for it!
He wants to concentrate on adequate pain relief and keeping me as active as possible.
On examination again today he remarked at how rigid and inflexible my spine is and I'm wondering if it's possible I'm auto-fusing which is why I'm so stiff.
I can still bend at the waist but can't get my hands below my knees.
I know there are a few "oldies" who've had corrective surgery but how healthy was your spine? Did you have DDD and arthrosis as well?
My back pain is constant and I take daily meds for it, just NSAIDS and paracetamol at the moment. My scoli is 35* thoracolumbar and I have DDD throughout.
I've had an L3/4 fusion and L4/5 disc replacement but my surgeon has said he doesn't want to fuse me top to tail as he believes it won't relieve my pain and keeps saying I'm too young whereas I think I'm getting too old for it!
He wants to concentrate on adequate pain relief and keeping me as active as possible.
On examination again today he remarked at how rigid and inflexible my spine is and I'm wondering if it's possible I'm auto-fusing which is why I'm so stiff.
I can still bend at the waist but can't get my hands below my knees.
I know there are a few "oldies" who've had corrective surgery but how healthy was your spine? Did you have DDD and arthrosis as well?
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