05-07-2008, 04:58 AM
[quote Grumpyguy]sorry if I repeated this thread. The pain is so bad right now and the thinking is rather fuzzy....
As far as me, 42, 5'11", 190lbs.
Had an MRI and the L5 disc is bulging on the nerve.
The surgeon didn't over alternatives, just surgery.
Have had this pain since January of 2007. The doctor originally told me it was just back spasms and I treated it with a dose of prescribe exercises, aleve, and I lost 20 pounds.
I went to a different doctor last month when things really got worse--as a result, the mri, surgeon, so on.
Based on the additional info, surgery might not be so bad- but what exactly is being proposed?
Severe. long-lasting pain like you describe is often treated with laminectomy and fusion. At this point the risk is that the extruded material may be calcified and difficult to seperate from the nerve root.
As far as me, 42, 5'11", 190lbs.
Had an MRI and the L5 disc is bulging on the nerve.
The surgeon didn't over alternatives, just surgery.
Have had this pain since January of 2007. The doctor originally told me it was just back spasms and I treated it with a dose of prescribe exercises, aleve, and I lost 20 pounds.
I went to a different doctor last month when things really got worse--as a result, the mri, surgeon, so on.
Based on the additional info, surgery might not be so bad- but what exactly is being proposed?
Severe. long-lasting pain like you describe is often treated with laminectomy and fusion. At this point the risk is that the extruded material may be calcified and difficult to seperate from the nerve root.