Hello everyone!
I'm new to the boards here. I've actually been reading threads for a few years, this is my first time posting.
Let me give you a some background info. I had fusion surgery in 1991 with harrington rods, I'm fused from T2 to L4. I was corrected from 103 degrees to about 54 degrees. I'm unsure of the exact degree of the curvature now, but it is still severe.
About 3 years ago I started having severe sciatic pain in my right leg. It was bad for a long time. So bad that I would have dizzy spells at times and feel like I was going to pass out. Still to this day, my entire right foot and almost my entire right leg are numb from the nerve compression. I don't have the pain so much anymore, because I have stopped doing the things that cause the pain, like working out. Now I'm starting to gain weight, which I really, really hate.
I have had two surgeons tell me I need the revision surgery to go ahead and fuse to the sacrum, but I need to wait until I'm older. I'm 33 now.
I really don't understand the concept of waiting until I'm older and neither of them have explained it to me. They have both diagnosed me with disc herniation and stenosis at L4 and L5. I did find one of the surgeons on the SRS that everyone here recommends.
Now I have also been diagnosed with a Chiari Malformation and RSD in my right foot. I'm really thinking that now may be the time to go ahead and get the revision thing out of the way? Any suggestions would be welcome.
I'm new to the boards here. I've actually been reading threads for a few years, this is my first time posting.
Let me give you a some background info. I had fusion surgery in 1991 with harrington rods, I'm fused from T2 to L4. I was corrected from 103 degrees to about 54 degrees. I'm unsure of the exact degree of the curvature now, but it is still severe.
About 3 years ago I started having severe sciatic pain in my right leg. It was bad for a long time. So bad that I would have dizzy spells at times and feel like I was going to pass out. Still to this day, my entire right foot and almost my entire right leg are numb from the nerve compression. I don't have the pain so much anymore, because I have stopped doing the things that cause the pain, like working out. Now I'm starting to gain weight, which I really, really hate.
I have had two surgeons tell me I need the revision surgery to go ahead and fuse to the sacrum, but I need to wait until I'm older. I'm 33 now.
I really don't understand the concept of waiting until I'm older and neither of them have explained it to me. They have both diagnosed me with disc herniation and stenosis at L4 and L5. I did find one of the surgeons on the SRS that everyone here recommends.
Now I have also been diagnosed with a Chiari Malformation and RSD in my right foot. I'm really thinking that now may be the time to go ahead and get the revision thing out of the way? Any suggestions would be welcome.
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