Ginnie, I'm replying a bit more than a year later. I did have a 3 level laminectomy and spinal cord revision/repair surgery which included the addition of a bovine sling. While I am an incomplete paraplegic, I am ambulatory most of the time. I am pleased with my outcome although it is not symptomless.

I am still looking for someone to connect with who is on this same journey I am on. Anyone reading this thread who has a you spinal cord herniation PLEASE contact me.

I will always be around, even a year later. I know so very well those of us with damaged spinal places and the hard road to recovery even when surgery is successful.
I was lucky as it was the risk of being paralyzed. I came out ok and only have to worry if the below hardware vertabre would fail.
I also came to NT to connect with others going through this.
do u have a good support team near you? Having that shoulder near by, can ease the whole of your being and help. Please do contact me at any time with anything u think I can help with.
I am out of the USA right now, but have a tablet. I hope your progress can get better. None of this is easy, and we are forever changed for going through spinal fusions and herniations.
not to mention a great deal of pain. Let me know how you are anytime.

I read this post just now & was following Mommy and saw she was going to have surgery in May 2012.

If your here, I would really like to hear from you to see how everything went and if your ok.

I hope the very best for you and hope to hear from you very soon.

5 years 5 months post Spinal Cord Herniation repair. Anyone here following this forum with this diagnosis? Ambulatory without a device almost always. Symptoms still present in some forms but continuing to improve... MRI tomorrow for 5 year f/u... new symptom, dizziness with thoracic extension.