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ANYONE HAVE OR KNOW OF SOMEONE WITH, ADHESIVE ARACHNOIDITIS?

I HAD A WIDE LAMINECTOMY 2008, REMOVED WAS, S-1. L-2. L-3. L-4. L-5.   NO FUSION! I BECAME WORSE AND WORSE. MANY EPIDURALS, NERVE BLOCKS, 2 LUMBAR STIMULATORS. ONE WAS IMPLANTED ONMY WAIS!!!!! DR. REFUSED TO REMOVE IT. 2ND STIM. DIFFERENT NEUROSURGEON FOUND BLOOD CLOTS AROUND THE BATTERIES, FREYED LEADS, NERVE DAMAGE, SCARING!! ALL THE PROCEDURES THE THE "NEUROSURGEONS" TOLD ME WOULD HELP, [I STILL DID NOT EDUCATED MYSELF AS I SHOULD HAVE!]  I WILL MAKE IT SHORT, I NOW HAVEA PAIN PUMP, HAVE A VERY PAINFUL CONDITION CALLED, ADHESIVE ARACHNOIDITIS. JUST A BIT OF INFORMATION, IF A DR. TELLS YOU, YOU HAVE FAILED BACK SURGERY, GET AN MRI ONLY AT A GOOD TEACHING HOSPITAL AND SEE IF YOU HAVE A TEAR IN YOUR DURA, SCAR TISSUE STUCK TO YOUR NERVES, SPEAKING OF THE, LUMBAR SPINE. I WOULD NEVER EXCEPTED THE DRS ANSWER HAD I KNOWN WHAT FAILED BACK SURGERY COULD MEAN!
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Sorry you have this situation!  Any improvement?  Thanks for trying to help others by letting them know what happened to you.  There is a pain community here in which people with chronic pain situations can talk.  
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