Kickas.org Forums Ankylosing Spondylitis General Discussion #1 AS Web Support Group (Spine) L5, S1

Hi - my hands up

I have a fracture and slip at L5, S1 and the two vertebra above are both fused. I have a butterfly vertebra above the fusions which is some sort of congenital deformity.

Regards,

Debra

Me too L5, also sacroiliitis and c6-c7

I've had activity in that area abd above for years with degeneration and fusion. I can not lay on the floor on my back very long because it becomes to painful. I had surgery at L5/S1, L4/L5, L3/L4. Here is a pic done in 2005 of the area. It lacks some detail because I used my scanner to scan it onto the computer. http://home.triad.rr.com/blester/images/lumbars1l5b.jpg

Brent

Ever seen th e movie Stripes with Bill Murray? After a mishap with their drill sgt. they are asked what happened to him.

The answer to the question, soldier where is your sergeant comes bak with the reply, "Blow;d up, Sir." Well that is how I would describe the L5, S1 area of my spine. Someone clearly put some sort of bony detonation device in my innards leaving an x-ray image of my lower spine looking as if .... it weren't really a spine.

My lower spine never finished growing to the proper size. So when they did the foramanectomies laminectomies and discectomies they tried to give my nerves abd blood vessels some extra room. I think those helps to slow the progress of fusing down in the area some. I have the surgery reports from bith surgeries and am sure glad I was asleep. But it still feels like a big bulge sticking out with more on the right side than the left.

L4 - S1...OOOOOH YES surgical fusion due to L5 fracture. One look that the rocky mountains that is my lower back and sacrum, made my doctor think of AS as a posibility. Diagnosis followed shortly after.

Did you know that "os sacrum" means Holy bone? I think that's a mistrake...it should be wholly bone.

Pete,

I have used the word Holy many times when I have sat down or gotten up, but there were other choice words used with it. Maybe the person who made the definition as Holy Bone had the same problem but was being nice.

Brent

Oh yes fused, screwedbolted rodded neck to hip so guess that includes those you mentioned L2 and L4 osteotomy spine about a foot in diameter, no wonder i LOOK fat even though i;m not....very,,,,,well hardly

Fused from C1 to T7 and T11 to L3 with rods and wire and the rest just fused from AS. Hips, knees and shoulders messed up too.

John

YEs,

but not as bad as bottom of T's and top of L's.....

Dave