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After discussing things with my doctor, I've decided to put surgery off indefinitely. I'm gonna wait it out until I really can't deal with it anymore. I felt like I was rushing into things and that is obviously not a good idea with anything, let alone back surgery. My hope is that I can hold out long enough for the next gen discs to get FDA approval or at least until someone devises a better revision plan for the prodisc (i.e. not fusion), at which time I will hopefully either be done with my residency or it will be during a time in which I can take a year or two off for research (which is part of my plan regardless of my back pain). Hope everyone is doing well. Take care.