Hi, I had central canal lumbar stenosis caused by: osteophytes, ligamentum flavum thickening and buckling and disc herniations. My pain was so bad I could no longer walk more than 20 to 30 feet and had to walk bent forward at almost a 90 degree angle. I also had horrible neurogenic claudication, plus on and off sciatica. I finally gave in and had surgery in Sept '06, which turned out to give me a big relief and was able to finally stand straight again, it was elating. I had multi level laminectomies from L3 through L5 with no fusion. Since then though, I had some scar tissue problems and possible discs herniating causing severe sciatica and nerve pains in my outer hip areas. But anyway, I was wondering....once someone has surgery for stenosis, are you considered cured of it and no longer diagnosed with it?