Guest guest Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 Yes this did happen to me. My cord went from L5 to L3 and retethered. When I had it untethered the doctor discovered that I had spinal stenosis in that area and that was probably the reason for the retethering. My symptoms were my foot started to contract, frequent back pain, and my foot was numb. To: tetheredspinalcord From: redduffermoon6@... Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 14:19:30 +0000 Subject: re-thered Hi, been a few yrs since I've been on. In 2001 had my spinal cord released and MD said that my spinal cord had moved up a little and my question is can my spinal cord re-attach to it's new location, has it happened to anyone on this site and if yes what type of new symptoms did anyone have and did it lead to another surgery? Have many other thoughts/questions that have come on in the last 2 yrs and that's why I'm reconnecting. gloria/NYS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2011 Report Share Posted May 14, 2011 I retethered about 4 mos after my initial untethering. My cord had moved up after my initial untethering as well. My symptoms were the same as b4 my initial surgery - back, butt & leg pain. It required a second untethering. I put it off for 1 1/2 yrs bc I swore I would never do it again. My MD was on w it as long as my only symptom was pain ( & no loss of function - he said I could put it off as long ad I could tolerate the pain). I had developed extensive scar tissue - far more than he imagined from the scan & arachnoiditis. After the second surgery, I developed hydrosyringomyelia & needed a third surgery 6 mos after the second. Retethering is more common than MDs tell their pts (IMO). They like to say that once u reach full height or if u are already full grown, that u won't retether - SO not true. Sorry u r having to deal w this. Jenn Sent from my iPhone On May 13, 2011, at 10:19, " redduffermoon6 " wrote: Hi, been a few yrs since I've been on. In 2001 had my spinal cord released and MD said that my spinal cord had moved up a little and my question is can my spinal cord re-attach to it's new location, has it happened to anyone on this site and if yes what type of new symptoms did anyone have and did it lead to another surgery? Have many other thoughts/questions that have come on in the last 2 yrs and that's why I'm reconnecting. gloria/NYS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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