I couldn't agree more with LBP. You definitely only want to have surgery on pain generators. Unfortunately, some diagnostic procedures just happen to cause pain. The discogram being one of them. However, they are extremely necessary in the diagnostic process. Maybe a scientist will invent the discogram that is pain free in the future. I would nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize. Until then, buck up and submit, if you are serious about surgery. You won't regret it.
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CindyLou
bicycle accident 6/19/01
2 compression fractures, T12, L1;
vertibroplasty @ above levels, 9/15/01
4/06 hip labral tear repair
4/07 Lumbar ProDisc replacement by Dr. B., 3 levels; L3-6
7/2/08 ALIF of L6-S1
7/30/08 Removed bone cement.
8/7/08 Diagnosed with pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, pleurisy, pleural effusion.
3/10/09 right SI Joint Fusion; seeing light at end of tunnel, for first time in 8 years!!
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