[Don]

Jason,

Welcome to the site and good luck. You should get some great advice here.

Have the doctors said if they feel that inflammation from the bad disc is what causes the headaches? I think it would be good to talk to several surgeons that have a lot of spinal surgery experience and see if any of them have any experiences that can help determine if surgery could help relieve the headaches.

Your concern is the same as all of ours. Will surgery help with my condition and relieve the symptoms or will it make things worse or permanently the same? If there were only a way to know in advance. Good luck with getting in for the second opinion.

Don