Hi ~ Your post said they did a cervical epidural for your BACK? Where is it they want to do surgery? Is it in your back or your neck?

I've had an epidural that left my leg useless for several hours, but it "recovered" and went back to "normal," which for me is extremely painful. lol I've never had an epidural work, and I've had many of them.

Do you have any results of your MRI that you could post? I'm just wondering what they found. If I were you I would want more than one opinion before undergoing surgery. Surgery should be a LAST RESORT, after ALL other conservative methods have been tried. You could still try a Spinal Cord Stimulator, or a Morphine Pump. Both those might work for you. I'd try the Pump, myself. Even tho I've had 2 surgeries, if I had to do it over again, I'd never have let them touch me as now I'm disabled because of it. I became disabled at 44 yrs old, and that's just too young.

Think long and hard about surgery, and do research on your chances of having a good long-term recovery. Many times surgery will cause levels above and below the surgery site to fail, and you're back under the knife again. Best of luck, and God bless. Peace, Lee