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11-15-2012, 05:19 PM | #11 | ||
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It is important NOT to feel pushed around by a doctor. It happend to me and I was older. I walked out. Find a doctor you can truely talk to. Any surgery is serious and you want to be absolutly sure it is the right thing to do. I wish you all the best. ginnie
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11-15-2012, 08:22 PM | #12 | ||
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Thanks! And I agree. I got a call from my neurosurgeons assistant today calling me in for an appointment tomorrow, I guess my neuro called him after reading the MRI report... I'm going to give him a shot as he's widely respected as the best in our area... I'm just nervous that he will recommend fusion since a discectomy was already done at that level.... Fusion has always been a fear of mine...
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11-15-2012, 08:48 PM | #13 | ||
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If you do consider fusion, just know that they too can turn out OK. My first at C6-7 did not. I did the domino thing. Now fused C3-7, and he did a good job. This surgery was successful, so it can turn out OK. Believe me, I was freaked too. I sought multipal opinions before I agreed to it. It was Leesa, who helped me understand my own MRI when I came here. I wish you all the best. ginnie
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11-16-2012, 09:38 PM | #14 | ||
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My surgeon said he does NOT want to operate which was pretty comforting.... Trying some epidurals next week and follow up before Christmas... Hopefully it works and I can put this bs behind me. I'm not trying to go the pain management route either as I know pills aren't the best idea... |
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11-17-2012, 09:34 AM | #15 | ||
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Honestly how is a a nerve root block going to improve that situation? There is a foreign mass touching/rubbing/compressing the nerve root, which is the cause of the pain. Unless the magic formula they have in the shot is a shrinking solution your problem will be there indefinitely. I also don't think medication is always the best answer, but I know of more than a few people who have received the epidurals and after they essential overdosed the body over a series of injections they are worse off than they were before. The steroids are TERRIBLE to the rest of the body! I could be wrong. It is open for discussion as this is a discussion board, but that is the way I see it. Dubious may chime in and have a better perspective but so far as I know there isn't a therapy that will retract that extrusion, nor a shot that will either. The body will not absorb it either. From what I read it seems that it would be a simple procedure to remove that piece with no other ortho work needed just a snip and cauterize, if that is even needed. It could probably even be done arthroscopically. Just my himble .02 and whatever way you go you have my thoughts and prayer's! |
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