It's all about the money. They would have kept shooting you up till you said no-especially at $1300+ a pop.
They really should have done a 3 level on you. I got the same run around...first they said they would only fuse one. Then 4 days before surgery the second one blew so then they had to fix both. Then one month after surgery the 3rd one blew, which then I had to wait a year in EXCRUCIATING PAIN. No one knows the pain we go thru with blown discs in the neck. It stops all functioning. PT woun't be able to do a thing since you have pinched nerves. What were they thinking? If I was you, I would seek out and OSS-orthopedic spine specialist. Then after you've seen them, go visit another preferably in another state. Make sure the MRI's you had taken were the finest quality-HMO's love to go cheap on MRI's and do as few slices as possible.
You will get NO RELIEF until you either have them fused, or they install some ADR's.End of story. You will only get worse. I personally won't get fused again, and will only go the ADR route.
Good luck!
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3 level ACDF done separately (one level failed) & 1 Posterior, repair w/rods, 3 level lumbar herniations, DDD T10 Down- 2 shoulder repairs
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