My Life With Stenosis

Living With Spinal Stenosis

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  • It’s Been An Emotional Three Weeks

    First off, let me say sorry I haven’t posted in three weeks. Yes, I had to go back and actually count the weeks. I am still upright and mobile but more on that later. My freshman year of college, it’s strange for me to say that at almost 40, is over. I passed all my Read more

  • Post Op Problems and Solutions

    While this isn’t stenosis related, at least this first part, I have had to have another surgery. I believe I mentioned it in a previous post, but it was related to some other issues that I had previously. While those issues have resolved themselves now, it was a bit touch and go for a little Read more

  • Another Day, Another Procedure Scheduled

    Today was my follow up with the spine doctor. I found out about the tumor that was seen on the MRI. Thank God, it’s not a tumor. It’s just a bunch of malformed blood vessels and won’t cause me any trouble at all. On the issue of the stenosis, it’s still not a issue that Read more

  • The Day Had Come After Weeks of Pain

    I had been waiting for this day for about four or five weeks. I had been having excruciating pain in my back and knew that the ablation had worked before and it would work again. Leading up to this appointment I have been having horrible pain and no matter what I had done nothing helped. Read more