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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,424
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,424
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Hi ~ The surgeon is probably acting the way he is because this is NOT what you would call an "emergency case." Your husband's spinal cord is not being compromised (that would be an emergency). I'm wondering if they got the wrong disc identified for surgery, cause L4-5 is the one that has the herniation, not L5-S1. I would think they'd want to take care of the herniation before any bulge. I would call the Radiologist's office and see if there was an error in transcribing or an error on the Radiologists part. I might be all wet, but I'd at least check. This kind of bothers me, looking at this report.
Take care. hugs, Lee
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recovering alcoholic, sober since 7-29-93;severe depression; 2 open spinal surgeries; severe sciatica since 1986; epidurals; trigger points; myelograms; Rhizotomy; Racz procedure; spinal cord stimulator implant (and later removal); morphine pump trial (didn't work);now inoperable; lumpectomy; radiation; breast cancer survivor; heart attack; fibromyalgia; on disability.
Often the test of courage is not to die, but to live..
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