Yes, I am deathly afraid. I had a lumbar fusion at L4-5 in March of this year, and I wound up worse off than before the surgery, so I am hesitant to even consider another one at this point.
I got the 85/10/5 % speech before the surgery, but the surgeon made it sound like there was no reason that I wouldn't wind up in that 85% category.
Anyway, I still have problems above and below the fusion site, so for now, I am doing the pain management thing......
Guess, we will see where that lands me.
Sandi