This is my first time on the forum though I have used it as a resource for a while - hope someone out there might be able to reassure me.
Call it a lapse in judgement, the instinct of a mother or just plain stupid: I had fusion at L5/S1 just over two weeks ago and then yesterday my 18 month old son was crying and... yes, I lifted him.
I was sitting in an armchair and he was on my right, so I twisted and, despite bracing on the arms of the chair and only lifting him to my lap, my back is now sore at the level of the fusion.
My question is this: is this just muscle/ ligament irritation or could I have affected the actual bone graft or metal plate? Logic tells me that it cannot move as a result of awkward lifting, but fear makes me uncertain.
Any similar experiences?
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August 2002: low back pain following traumatic emergency caesarian
2003 MRI shows posterior disc bulge and grade 1 retrolisthesis at L5/S1
2005 MRI shows total disc collapse
8 Dec 2006: L5/S1 anterior fusion by Mr Lam with 5mm bone graft and metal
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