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Originally Posted by fish.freak
Hello all. As the title states Im a 30 year old, with a ruptured disk resulting from car vs bike accident on 1/15/08. I wasnt in much pain at first then it got progressively worse over the next few weeks, till I could barley move my left tricep. I went to an acupuncturist and have been relatively pain free for some time now, with intermittent numbness. I had a surgical consult with a neuro doc and he pushed me into surgery with the fear of complete loss of tricep over time. I am now freaking out, and wanting to postpone the Thursday date for diskectomy/ fusion.
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Unless the surgeon had a really good reason for the surgery to be done immediately, I'd get a second opinion. I had ACDF in January and it went fine, no problems now -- but my doctor didn't insist that I have the surgery the next week. I had time to investigate options - for me, surgery was the best answer. I think you should ask another doc and weigh that with how you're feeling. Just my .02
Kelly