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<blockquote data-quote="TCRanch" data-source="post: 1436568" data-attributes="member: 24027"><p>Anyone ever have surgery for spinal stenosis? In addition to a herniated disc, my husband's C4 through C6 have essentially no spinal fluid and surgery is scheduled in Sept (has to see his Cardiologist first & he's out of the country). These are evidently common injuries with Farmers, Ranchers, physical labor jobs, etc. They make an incision through the muscle and basically file down the spiky part of the spine until there is very little bone left but it will allow the spinal fluid to once again flow & protect the spinal cord, the muscles will eventually fuse back together. Recovery is supposed to be minimum 6 weeks doing virtually nothing: no lifting anything over 5 lbs, no stairs/climbing, twisting, riding rough roads/terrain, etc. Naturally the recovery period falls during weaning and (God forbid!) the start of bow season. The alternative is to continue to live in pain and potential paralysis if he is injured, falls, car wreck, whatever. Okay, so that's a no-brainer! The herniated disc is manageable, therefore no treatment right now.</p><p></p><p>Personal experiences, opinions or anecdotes? Does it actually work? And BTW, this is not one of those in/out the same day dancing that evening surgery centers you see advertised alllll the time on TV.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for any input (good & bad)!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TCRanch, post: 1436568, member: 24027"] Anyone ever have surgery for spinal stenosis? In addition to a herniated disc, my husband's C4 through C6 have essentially no spinal fluid and surgery is scheduled in Sept (has to see his Cardiologist first & he's out of the country). These are evidently common injuries with Farmers, Ranchers, physical labor jobs, etc. They make an incision through the muscle and basically file down the spiky part of the spine until there is very little bone left but it will allow the spinal fluid to once again flow & protect the spinal cord, the muscles will eventually fuse back together. Recovery is supposed to be minimum 6 weeks doing virtually nothing: no lifting anything over 5 lbs, no stairs/climbing, twisting, riding rough roads/terrain, etc. Naturally the recovery period falls during weaning and (God forbid!) the start of bow season. The alternative is to continue to live in pain and potential paralysis if he is injured, falls, car wreck, whatever. Okay, so that's a no-brainer! The herniated disc is manageable, therefore no treatment right now. Personal experiences, opinions or anecdotes? Does it actually work? And BTW, this is not one of those in/out the same day dancing that evening surgery centers you see advertised alllll the time on TV. Thanks for any input (good & bad)! [/QUOTE]
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