I had a spinal fusion and laminectomy (L4/5) in 1993. I was on a circle bed. Twice, while being rotated 4 pressure care, my upper body was not restrained and I fell forward, crushing the bone graft. My wound drain was really stuck, unable to be removed using reasonable force. Nurses ignored my instructions to stop and notify my surgeon. My body shifted a bit with the force. I immediately felt as if I was continuously electrocuted down the (L) leg: the worst pain in my life. The leg went densely numb, lost all motor function. These neural symptoms were new. Ever since the bone graft was crushed and the problems with drain removal, I fall frequently, heavily because my (L) leg gives way. I fallen hard enough over the years to crack most teeth, blow out my knees and get knocked out. I try to protect my face but all falls end with a very painful neck. I now have signicant spurs and disc damage at the original site and similar but worse pathology in a cervical disc. Both hands and lower left leg are densely numb, I can t write, and I have quite obvious muscle wasting in my hands, markedly so on the left. I have not worked since the failed surgery in 1993, my mobility is reduced and I am almost totally housebound. Would the cervical spurs be caused by years of heavy falls when almost all falls hurt my neck? I woke up during a general anaesthetic for the spinal surgery and later developed PTSD. I m hospital phobic. Would surgery to my cervical and lumbar regions stop things getting worse? I am afraid of becoming a quadraplegic. I don t want to litigate because I found people r more focused on proving how bad things are then on getting better.
In my opinion you should avoid surgery and focus on low intensity physical therapy with a professional also focus on calcium and it d supplements if this does not help you have the choice of vertebral fusion which I would put it as last possible choice Sorry for the honesty Good Luck