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Old 09-28-2005, 04:59 PM
bmills bmills is offline
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Melissa, I've seen a PM doctor something like yours. They feel they should be the only one that should decide if you should have surgical intervention. Don't worry about what the PM says.

If you have a good ortho doc, my opinion is you will be tons better after the fusion than you are now. With the level of DDD you are facing, I can't imagine that all the injections in the world will truly resolve it. At this point, it's the surgical intervention that will improve things the most. Some of these PM doctors have a hard time admitting that. Don't let him bother you. Always, go with what your gut is telling you. You've already tried a lot of things and done a lot of research. My suggestion is now go with what is in your gut feeling.

I had several injections that did nothing long term.

Brady
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