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mopinko

(74,174 posts)
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 03:57 PM Jun 9

looking for experiences w lower back pain. [View all]

i’ve tried pain shots, pt, meds, nothing is helping.
i saw a surgeon today who said i cd use a laminectomy, but that it likely wouldnt help the lumbar pain, just the radiating pain in my legs.
(he was also a big dick, which is y i doubt his word.)

wondering if anyone has had this surgery, and if it helped.


(i may break down and try acupuncture, even tho i am deeeeeeply skeptical. )

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