Surgery Set For June 26th

[Guest guest]

sherry, have you gotten a second and third opinion before you go ahead and

do this? i was told by the neurosurgeon that i had to have a 3 level surgery

so i postponed for 2 years bec. i didn't want to do that. then i went to an

orthopedic surgeon for another opinion and he told me no way, one level

fusion.

when i called the neurosurgeon back to ask him why he had told me 3 level

fusion. he said " oh did i say that? i must have been drunk " . i just feel like

the neurosurgeon wasted a lot of time for me. i am now about to have a one

level fusion with the orthopedic surgeon.

marsha

[Guest guest]

Hello all. I just got back from my doc appt and he set my surgery for

the 26th of June. I will be having a three level fusion done. He told

me it will be a 8 hour surgery. On the 21st of June I am going back to

talk about the whole procedure. I am a little scared and need some

advice form everyone who has had the surgery. How was your recovery

time and what to expect. I had a one level fusion about 4 years ago

and that was very painful. So I can imagine what this one is going to

be like. I have tried everything else and the doc said this is the

only thing left to do. If I wait my back will just get worse and so

will the pain. He said I should have it done now while I am still

young. I am 31 and I asked him how old my back was and he said very

very old. So if anyone who has had this done wouldn't mind telling me

there experiance I would be very thankful. Thanks for listening.

Sherry

[Guest guest]

he has a date for surgery but has not explained the entire procedure

to you as of this visit? what is it you have? and at what level is he

working at neck lower?

>

> Hello all. I just got back from my doc appt and he set my surgery

for

> the 26th of June. I will be having a three level fusion done. He

told

> me it will be a 8 hour surgery. On the 21st of June I am going

back to

> talk about the whole procedure. I am a little scared and need some

> advice form everyone who has had the surgery. How was your

recovery

> time and what to expect. I had a one level fusion about 4 years

ago

> and that was very painful. So I can imagine what this one is going

to

> be like. I have tried everything else and the doc said this is the

> only thing left to do. If I wait my back will just get worse and

so

> will the pain. He said I should have it done now while I am still

> young. I am 31 and I asked him how old my back was and he said

very

> very old. So if anyone who has had this done wouldn't mind telling

me

> there experiance I would be very thankful. Thanks for listening.

> Sherry

>

[Guest guest]

Yes this is my second opinon and my ortho doc told me there was nothing else he

could do and I waited a couple of years to see another doc. My back is bad and

my discs are like pancakes and are very unstable. I will be having L3-L4 L4-L5

and L5-S1 fused. I can't handle falling everytime I walk and not being able to

play with my kids he told me that if I wait any longer it will be worse. So I

just have to follow my heart and hope I an making the right choisc. I can't keep

second guessing my self any longer or I will get no where. I have a lot of trust

in this doc I was referred to him by someone in this group and I did my own

research on him. So now I just pry and hope it all turns out ok. I just need

positive reinforcement to keep my spirits up. Thanks Sherry

BLEECKERST10012@... wrote: sherry, have you gotten a second and third

opinion before you go ahead and

do this? i was told by the neurosurgeon that i had to have a 3 level surgery

so i postponed for 2 years bec. i didn't want to do that. then i went to an

orthopedic surgeon for another opinion and he told me no way, one level

fusion.

when i called the neurosurgeon back to ask him why he had told me 3 level

fusion. he said " oh did i say that? i must have been drunk " . i just feel like

the neurosurgeon wasted a lot of time for me. i am now about to have a one

level fusion with the orthopedic surgeon.

marsha