Re: Recovery time for back surgery?

On Dec 10, 11:08 pm, Jeff <kidsdoc2...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Kelley Eidem wrote:
I'm looking into surgery for my Spondylolisthesis. I have great
trouble walking than 30 to 50 yards. It can take me five minutes to
walk 100 yards, with or without a crutch.

There is a bony "platform" at my S1 that seems to be holding the L5
from "falling out."

That's why other therapies don't work...the lumbar just won't go back
from chiropractic, acupuncture, etc. Meanwhile the nerve root is
compressed along with other nerves coming out of severely deformed
foramina.

So here is my question, since I work in retail, and need to bend, and
pick up boxes that weigh up to 25 to 30 pounds. How long is the
recovery time to be 100% able to do my job? The company won't let me
back without a note from the doctor saying I'm 100% able to perform my
duties.

The surgery will be minimally invasive, on the surface at least, with
a 1/2 inch incision. If I'm not mistaken, surgery will include a
laminectomy to remove severely deformed pars defects and a fusion.
Also the bony platform would need to be removed. So the surgery won't
be minimal on the interior. The ground-up bone will be put back in,
and apparently regrow and provide more stability.

Any ideas or experience with how long it takes, not just to 'recover'
but to be able to go back to work?

What did your neurosurgeon or orthopedic surgeon say when you asked him
or her?

Jeff

When I asked him, he said 6 weeks, but I didn't ask the question the
same way I'm asking here.

Also, I'm looking for additional input from more than one source.
Would you happen to have any, maybe from your own experience? By the
way, I'm 57years old and not physically active.

Kelley
.

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