Re: Re: Spinal surgeries/Millie

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> Millie wrote:

> Yes Nadia I am having an anterior cervical discectomy w/fusion, and he is

doing a minimally invasive procedure. Yes, also got that I have a fail surgery

due to my lumbar issues, I had a 3 level/360 fusion-L2 to L5 that failed and

then 4 Laminectomies to fix what the first surgeon did to my back, so it's been

quite the road for me, and now cervical issues to add to my agony! Never ends!

Talk to you soon.

> Millie

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Millie,

I was told that three levels were not normally done and when I did that, I had a

three level L4,5, s-1 and that I should kiss any lifting good by as I had

instrumentation with rods on both sides, a laminectomy on each,and a

Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF) which they placed these cages to

keep my vertabral spaces open with cages placed between them and screwed so that

I have function. They then did bone graft from my hip for fusion which worked.

This procedure like any on the spine puts pressure on the remaining vertabrae

above and below. My neurosurgeon told me that the people who have the most

problems are the ones that think they can go back out there and do heavy lifting

etc but need to be very careful with their spine. I have tried but an auto

accident

put me down for a loop. Bennie