Guest guest Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 At 10:45 PM 1/3/07, you wrote: >I seen a neurosurgeon today. He said I need to have surgery on my >herniated disk. Also, that I should not put off the surgery because the >herniated disk could cause nerve damage. So, it looks like I have only one >option - a mirco-discectomy. > >Last night, I did start back on my pain meds because I was starting to get >that pain in the butt - sciatic nerve pain again. I want to keep the pain >under control. > >Cyndi in MI > >Good for you, now you can go into this feeling more comfortable. The >Micro-discectomy was not an option when I had mine. The majority of the >pain and recovery was from them cutting through muscle and other tissue to >get to the spine. Your sounds much less invasive. So what will they do >remove the disk and replace it with something ? I have the full blown >plates and screws in my Lumbar and Cervical. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 At 10:45 PM 1/3/07, you wrote: >I seen a neurosurgeon today. He said I need to have surgery on my >herniated disk. Also, that I should not put off the surgery because the >herniated disk could cause nerve damage. So, it looks like I have only one >option - a mirco-discectomy. > >Last night, I did start back on my pain meds because I was starting to get >that pain in the butt - sciatic nerve pain again. I want to keep the pain >under control. > >Cyndi in MI > >Good for you, now you can go into this feeling more comfortable. The >Micro-discectomy was not an option when I had mine. The majority of the >pain and recovery was from them cutting through muscle and other tissue to >get to the spine. Your sounds much less invasive. So what will they do >remove the disk and replace it with something ? I have the full blown >plates and screws in my Lumbar and Cervical. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Here's a couple articles about Microdiscectomy spine surgery http://www.spine-health.com/topics/surg/overview/lumbar/lumb03.html http://www.webmd.com/hw/back_pain/hw218424.asp Cruikshank <d.cruikshank@...> wrote: > >Good for you, now you can go into this feeling more comfortable. The >Micro-discectomy was not an option when I had mine. The majority of the >pain and recovery was from them cutting through muscle and other tissue to >get to the spine. Your sounds much less invasive. So what will they do >remove the disk and replace it with something ? I have the full blown >plates and screws in my Lumbar and Cervical. Dave __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Here's a couple articles about Microdiscectomy spine surgery http://www.spine-health.com/topics/surg/overview/lumbar/lumb03.html http://www.webmd.com/hw/back_pain/hw218424.asp Cruikshank <d.cruikshank@...> wrote: > >Good for you, now you can go into this feeling more comfortable. The >Micro-discectomy was not an option when I had mine. The majority of the >pain and recovery was from them cutting through muscle and other tissue to >get to the spine. Your sounds much less invasive. So what will they do >remove the disk and replace it with something ? I have the full blown >plates and screws in my Lumbar and Cervical. Dave __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Here's a couple articles about Microdiscectomy spine surgery http://www.spine-health.com/topics/surg/overview/lumbar/lumb03.html http://www.webmd.com/hw/back_pain/hw218424.asp Cruikshank <d.cruikshank@...> wrote: > >Good for you, now you can go into this feeling more comfortable. The >Micro-discectomy was not an option when I had mine. The majority of the >pain and recovery was from them cutting through muscle and other tissue to >get to the spine. Your sounds much less invasive. So what will they do >remove the disk and replace it with something ? I have the full blown >plates and screws in my Lumbar and Cervical. Dave __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Here's a couple articles about Microdiscectomy spine surgery http://www.spine-health.com/topics/surg/overview/lumbar/lumb03.html http://www.webmd.com/hw/back_pain/hw218424.asp Cruikshank <d.cruikshank@...> wrote: > >Good for you, now you can go into this feeling more comfortable. The >Micro-discectomy was not an option when I had mine. The majority of the >pain and recovery was from them cutting through muscle and other tissue to >get to the spine. Your sounds much less invasive. So what will they do >remove the disk and replace it with something ? I have the full blown >plates and screws in my Lumbar and Cervical. Dave __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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