Hi! I've found the various posts very helpful & encouraging to read. Thanks to all of you for sharing your experiences. It's so nice to be able to see how others are doing.
I had surgery in July 09, fused from T10 - S1, instrumented from T10 - L5,decompression from L2 - L5, bilateral hemilaminectomies, facetectomies, foraminotomies, spinal osteotomies, & 2 cages. Wow! What a mouthful! I'm 64. My lumbar curve was 51* corrected to 24*. I had about everything you could have: low back pain, leg pain, hip pain, anterior shin pain, osteoarthritis, lumbar spinal stenosis, intervertebral disk disease, & on & on.
Now the good part!! Post surgery I have been doing great. I still have some residual pain in some of the "old spots" but I'm hoping it will all resolve with time. I'm going to PT 2 x week & doing the exercises at home inbetween.
My question: How was your stamina & energy at 3 months? Mine is very
low. Afer I'm up for about 4 hours, I need a tramadol & feel best if I lie down.
Is this normal? Am I doing too much or not enough? Also some problems with sleeping. Some nights I sleep well but others I have insomnia.
What do you think??
HappyDeanna
I had surgery in July 09, fused from T10 - S1, instrumented from T10 - L5,decompression from L2 - L5, bilateral hemilaminectomies, facetectomies, foraminotomies, spinal osteotomies, & 2 cages. Wow! What a mouthful! I'm 64. My lumbar curve was 51* corrected to 24*. I had about everything you could have: low back pain, leg pain, hip pain, anterior shin pain, osteoarthritis, lumbar spinal stenosis, intervertebral disk disease, & on & on.
Now the good part!! Post surgery I have been doing great. I still have some residual pain in some of the "old spots" but I'm hoping it will all resolve with time. I'm going to PT 2 x week & doing the exercises at home inbetween.
My question: How was your stamina & energy at 3 months? Mine is very
low. Afer I'm up for about 4 hours, I need a tramadol & feel best if I lie down.
Is this normal? Am I doing too much or not enough? Also some problems with sleeping. Some nights I sleep well but others I have insomnia.
What do you think??
HappyDeanna
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