Thank you very much Duffy for your report. I hope you are still doing well and that the deficits in your legs have reduced significantly.

I have recently been diagnosed with a Spinal Cord Herniation (fortunately this took 'only' 8 months in my case). I found that not all hospitals have the equipement to see this on their MRI's. The second (Academic) hospital had more detailed MRI equipement. So in my case it was worthwhile to ask for a second opinion. Maybe there are more Spinal Cord Herniation patients out there who don't have the diagnosis because the diagnostic tools are not available everywhere or the Neurologist is not yet familiar with the Syndrom.

I still have to make the decision: should I have the operation or not. At this moment I have a referral to a Neurosurgeon to at least discuss the options and for now I am leaning towards having the surgery. Therefore, your input, especially wrt your recovery is very helpful for me.