MADELINE
im 35 and i had my second surgery, i had L4 AND L5 partial removed and gotten worse thru the yrs til i met another dr ..this past may he did another mri and discovered that the first dr..did not do a good job on my back ..my new dr.fused them together and thank god i finally found relief.theres limitations rite afterwards til the bone heal,( they skin off from the hip and use it to fuse ) and i have 4 screws..but it was well worth it for me...if u need to talk write to me ok and ill tell you everything cuz i had this injury since 91,93,and 94 and my first surgry came in 96...stay strong..i know what your going thru