I am sure you will probably come up with even more questions. You have an excellent start.

I agree with artist here in saying you are very astute for your age. And doing research on it will help alleviate alot of your fears, answer some of your questions & quite possibly bring more questions to you to ask your physicians.

You would also for yourself have to determine what percentage of improvement you are willing to settle for. I had surgery once to try to alleviate headache pain by having having an artery to my brain removed. It runs along the occiptal nerve & they pretty much dance around each other. The artery pulsed constantaly on the nerve. Well I have to admit that I agreed if it only gave me 10% pain reduction. Which is about all it did give to me. It was a new surgery being preformed & the neuro surgeon who did it is the one who came up with the surgery. (it was video taped for teaching purposes even) Anyway my head hurt so badly after a whiplash injury that any reductions in pain would be most welcome. They would send me home from ER loaded with shots for the pain & they didn't do anything. So even 10% was worth it to me. Weigh your pros & cons...........that always helps me when making decisons.

DebbyV