[chasswen]

well i am a single level at l4-l5. and larry had 2 prodisc at l4-l5 and s1-l5 i believe i do have have a picture of his x-ray. larry was back to school and had pains but from PT in less then 6 weeks.
i am 9 weeks postop and my legs from my knees down in the morning feel like i had them tucked up under my butt all night.which sucks i had no idea how bad the distraction pain would be. i knew before surgery that i would hurt more durning recovery then i did pior to surgery. i though how bad could it be. well on day 5 or 6 after surgery my legs just about stopped working and it took all i had to walk about and forget about sleeping ack!! but as i said my disc pain had stopped about 3 months before surgery because the nerve had been wore away all i felt was rubbing of bones. i think you should just do it go see dr b and let him work his magic. and one thing i found is once i chose dr b i didnt worry about the surgeon any more that i would recieve the best possbile outcome. all i had to do is be there.althou after the lala pills before surgery i got sarced to death being as i never was under the knife and the first time,just happened to be spine surgery.
and fusion was out of the question as i am a smoker so that wasnt in the cards. what it came down to was i was just plain out of time when it came to this surgery. either bite the bullet and pay out of pocket or fusion was to become my only chose.
chuck