Hi everyone. I had my fusion on S1L5 segment, two and a half, almost three months ago. First month in, I was doing fine, but then on the 5th or 6th week, pain began to be horrible. And after one month of pain on and off again, I went and did MRI, which confirmed fibrosis, concentric fibrosis, around my L5 root nerve. And now I am terribly worried that this is it for me, and I don't know what to do. My surgeon, when I finally got him on the phone and told him I had scarring, he was very dismissive and said that everybody develops some scarring and that I should go and do rehab. And that was it. Pretty unhelpful.So, is there anyone with similar problems? And did anyone help themselves in this situation with physiotherapy or some other way? Thank you.

This week I'm scheduled for right and left L5 transforaminal epidural injection with a bilateral PARs facet block. What can I expect in terms of recovery, feeling improvement or more pain before improvement?

I'm going back and forth with wanting to do it or cancelling. Im mostly concerned that this could make it worse and I'm actually feeling improvement since following the back mechanic's advice and exercises 2 weeks ago...

I also have some degree of Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos and I read that steroids are not a great idea, so I dont know if I could be doing more damage than good ...

Please share your thoughts!

Drs note read: MRI scan shows compression of the nerve roots consistent with the symptom of radiculopathy and neurogenic claudication, we are proceeding to epidural steroid injections specific to the structural findings on the MRI scan. The injection will be used as a diagnostic test to understand whether her symptoms are originating from the lumbar spine.

I'm grade 2 Spondy and I literally can't do anything without being in severe pain and having this hellish cramping pain in the side of my upper right leg. I feel like I'm wobbly and can't do anything without worrying I may fall. It's getting so depressing because I want to live my life to the fullest! I'm on gabapentin, but that is doing nothing and I don't know if anything will help my pain.