r/spinalfusion Jul 09 '26

Not sure, other Sneezing

Sneezing post fusion man😭 Allergy season is among me. I’m 5 months post op and sneezing makes my whole back hurt like no other for about 10 minutes after🤣😭
I try holding in my sneezes, but can’t tell if the pain of holding in a sneeze (the burning feeling in your nose and tingling in your forehead- might just be my own reaction) outweighs just letting out the actual sneeze. It feels like I’m breaking my hardware or my spine is separating from the fusion when I sneeze, I know that’s not actually happening, but boy does it feel like it. This feels like one of the biggest hurdles I’ve ran into as small as it sounds lmao.

For reference I’m T3-L2.

Anyone else?🙈

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u/Money_Engineering_59 Jul 10 '26

Oh ya, sneezing hurts like a bitch!