Jerry5 & drewrad,
After all of these years of back pain I "know" that you are both correct. My daily pain and poor quality of life cannot be allowed to go on forever unchallenged. A large part of my frustration is that I feel additional anger and fear about being forced into this corner to get something done while I am still employed and have medical insurance. The future beyond October 3rd - my severance date from my employer - seems to be so rapidly approaching, and will already place me in completely uncharted waters.
Follow-up appointment scheduled with Dr. Yue in about two weeks. For now I guess I just need to wait and see what he has to say ...
Thanks again all - Jeff
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DDD diagnosed ~99
Chronic Pain since Aug 2006
Failed L4 Microdisctectomy Apr 2007
2008-Positive Disco (L4/L5&L5/S1 annular tears)
Herniated discs at L4/L5/S1, bulging T12
Began constant/severe neck & upper back pain 11/09
Jan 10-Cervical/Thoracic MRI:bone spurs+new disc probs
Cervical Spine issues causing terrible pain beginning in July 2021 - scheduled for 2 level C-Spine ADR on Oct 19th 2021 now!! Part of Clinical Trial so unsure if Mobi-C or Baguera C will be implanted ....
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