Originally Posted by ginnie

I understand about you being afraid at this point. I would say that you need another physician. You need someone other than the person who did the surgery, out side that practice or group of doctors. If things do not go as expected, some do not want to admit to that. This happened with my first fusion. He basically dismissed my concerns. You are having some serious issues, and another consult really would be a good idea. If you can bring someone with you to the appointment, one of your therapists for example, that will go along way toward a new physician really trying to figure out what is happening to you. I am not sure about the issues concerning MRI's after your hardware is in, but I am sure there are other forms of Xray to see what is going on. Maybe a CT scan would be in order.
I hope many of the people with Back issues will respond to you. I do care. Please contact me at any time. You are not alone in this, NT will be here to support you and so will I. ginnie