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Severe pain after 3 level lumber fusion

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madeleine38315
madeleine38315

I had a three level lumbar fusion 5 weeks ago. Operation cured sciatic pain in my left leg, but immediately after I started to have pain in right groin. Since coming home the burning pain has increased and has spread around the hip and thigh muscles are going into spasm, and now my left hip has now started to ache. Surgeon has said everything is as it should be. 

The pain is driving me mad. Has anybody else had a similar experience?

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  • crista44751
    crista44751 madeleine38315

    Posted

    Yes I had a multi level fusion in April 2017 and within 2 weeks I was in the Er with groin and leg pain , severe,,  after checking the hardware was where it should be the doctor concluded that  my nerves were inflamed .  He said sometimes that happens after they’ve been compressed before the surgery .  I was treated with a dose of steroids in the ER and then a medtol dose pack at home and within a few days the pain was completely gone and did not come back. Don’t be discouraged I no longer have any pain at all now but over the first six months different aches and pains would come back and they said it was because the nerves were rejuvenating and becoming healthy again
    • madeleine38315
      madeleine38315 crista44751

      Posted

      Thanks for replying, much appreciated. Great that you have improved. I live in France and it is difficult with the language barrier to comfortably chat and suggest steroid to my doctor. I am seeing him tomorrow and will let you know what he says. I am suffering even more these last couple of days as the hospital took me off of morphine and put me on two other drugs and now I am having withdrawal symptoms which are horrid. Can't wait for this nightmare to end. 

  • Laura3333
    Laura3333 madeleine38315

    Posted

    Hi Madeleine, It could be that you were walking out of alignment before you had the fusion, due to the sciatic pain, and now that your spine has been corrected, all your muscles nerves and ligaments are being pulled on.

    Five weeks is not very long to recover from a fusion. Have you been having physio, and have they any theories about the new pain. Physios are very good at getting everything into alignment and strengthened up.

  • crista44751
    crista44751 madeleine38315

    Posted

    I forgot to say that I was wearing a brace also. I was supposed to wear it fit 3 months but at about 8 weeks post op my groin and hips were aching. My neuro said stop wearing the brace.. it was actually causing the pain. It was easy to tell since off the brace there was no pain there.
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