Anterior Lumbar Surgery

[Guest guest]

Hope you are feeling all right. My surgeon said that an anterior approach

would be a far easier recovery, but it seems his thinking is he would have

to come in posteriorly to do most of the work, so would do the nuts and

bolts part from that direction as well. (I know, I'm proving that I was NOT

kidding for once when I said I started tuning out very early on in this

chat, as in " No way in hell. " )

So, you got opened up from both directions?

judith (putting head down between knees..I can still do that!...until the

feeling of faintness and nausea passes)

In a message dated 10/29/2009 9:21:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

vikingbead@... writes:

In the flurry of posts, someone asked if I could recount my experiences so

far having Lumbar Fusion, using the Anterior approach. It would be easier

for me, as I am still on a lot of medications if you ask a few questions

so I could try and focus my thoughts. I would say that the anterior part of

the surgery has had less issues (pain) that the posterior part of the

whole thing.

[Guest guest]

In the flurry of posts, someone asked if I could recount my experiences so far

having Lumbar Fusion, using the Anterior approach. It would be easier for me,

as I am still on a lot of medications if you ask a few questions so I could try

and focus my thoughts. I would say that the anterior part of the surgery has

had less issues (pain) that the posterior part of the whole thing.