so here's an update...
I went to my original surgeon Monday to get some answers to as to way he wants to do another discetomy when he said he couldn't and instability issues and all that.
The interesting things was while we were in the waiting room, his nurse was acting as receptionist and tells one of his patients he is getting aways from back surgery and leaving the current practice to start one with a few other specialists, like an oncologist, that focuses on tumors of the brain and spine. All this is to happen in like the next month!
Now I'm just thinking he wants to do a quick fix by doing the discectomy so he can go on to bigger and better things.
we get back there and he goes on to tell me nothing about what i just over heard, but that he doesn't want to fuse, as if I'd let him, since I'm so young, and thinks the discectomy can at least give me some more time. "it could be 1 yr or 20 yrs before you have to have surgery again" instability should not be too much of an issue according to him....
i'm think quick cash grab honostly....
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Herniated L4/L5 May 2004 (Bed ridden)
Discsectemy June L4/L5 2004
Discssectemy L4/L5 January 2007
MRI May 5th - showed "moderate sizd protruding disk in the the left paracentral location at the L4-5 level which appears to a more porminent comparison to the prior examination" and "appears to impinge upon the exiting nerve root"
May 11th Dr Apptment - Told that another Discsectemy could be done.
Looking for Surgeon for second Opinion
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