Hi, I am new to this site and stumbled across it looking for answers.
Here is my history so far.....

9/15/2011 Thoracic laminectomy and discectomy T6_7
this was following 9 months of chasing doctors telling them something was wrong. They only looked at my lumbar and never looked at my thoracic until I showed up at the ER losing sensation from my pelvic to my feet. MRI done showed a large fragment (13x9x8mm) with significant flattening and displacement of cord. Was told I was going paralyzed and took me right to surgery.

4/13/2012 Lumbar fusion at L4-5

So here I am now with the same symptoms from 2 years ago, saddle numbness, bowel issues, thoracic pain and discomfort, leg numbness, tightness around right ribs. Went back to same Neuro that I got in ER in 2011 (supposed to be one of the best in our area) MRI's were ordered.....results are...

1. There is a large right T6-7 (yes same location) lateral recess recurrent or residual hard disc herniation moderate right cord flattening.


The neuro says I now need fusion at that level, I know that is an awful surgery and wonder if any new procedures are out there to fix this. This has the potential to paralyze me from the chest down if it is not stabilized. I want the best way to fix the T6-7 issue....but I am sort of freaked out at the thought of going through this again.

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!