# Spinal fusion recovery

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinal-fusion-recovery/385990>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 29, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinal-fusion-recovery/385990 "2006-12-29T15:13:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinal-fusion-recovery/385990/21 "2007-03-15T01:55:08Z")

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Best wishes, **mchapman**. When did the doctor say when he and you would be able to tell how successful the surgery was?

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**Author:** ![Adversary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@Adversary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adversary)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinal-fusion-recovery/385990/22 "2007-03-15T14:40:05Z")

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[QUOTE=PoorYorick]  
Best wishes, **mchapman**. When did the doctor say when he and you would be able to tell how successful the surgery was?  
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The doctor considers it a success in that my spinal column is not compressed anymore. He won’t be able to tell if the vertabrae have fused correctly until 6 weeks have passed.

The pain I had is different than the past. It is not as pronounced which is nice, but I am getting tingling in other fingers, not so nice. I would call one arm about 10% better the other about %30.

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