I am now almost 6wks post sleeve, I have chronic back pain. Had back surgery in 07 and have struggled ever since. I am facing another surgery and praying with weight loss I can get the pressure off of my l5 that's compressing s1 nerve root. I am down 35lbs since sleeved. Wondering if any of you have faced a similar situation? If so, how did it turn out?

Well I have a similar experience but in the opposite direction. I had an impingement at L5-S1 in 2006-07 and I had to have emergency surgery on it because I didn't know it was my back. I completely lost control of my bladder and my foot was numb. I had a discectomy, but had a complication and 2 weeks later I had another discectomy and hemi-laminectomy. Fast forward to 2011 I slipped and fell on ice and was told that if I didn't lose weight I would need a fusion at that level and at L4-5 since they found issues there from that fall. That is when I started looking into weight loss surgery. I do have lumbago (general lower back pain) quite frequently and I am hopeful that losing weight will relieve it tremendously and I won't need a fusion.

Thank u for your reply and hope we both find pain relief. I had a nerve block back In November, did good for 3 wks but then pain rearing its ugly head once again. I guess another block is imminent:-(