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Misscath, would your insurance pay to have another doctor review your MRI results? IMHO, it's always a good idea to get a second opinion before letting a doc cut on us.
I don't know your whole story so please forgive if I suggest something you've already tried....
Have you tried seeing a doc other than a surgeon? Docs tend to want to solve problems based on thier own specialty. Surgeons want to operate. Chiropractors want to adjust. etc.
I have a herniated disc between L4 & 5. There was talk of surgery, but I had one doc who suggested I "learn to live with it." I was ticked because I thought he meant learn to accept the pain. What he meant was learn to adjust how I did things so as not to aggrivate the problem. Maybe something other than surgery could help your problem?
Be sure to get as much info as you can about the planned surgery - what are the possible complications? What's the probability it will improve your situation or make it wors? How much help/relief is it likely to give you. Find out what the doc is proposing for surgery and research it.
Good luck to you whatever route you take.
Last edited by lizardlady; Jun 24, 2012 at 01:45 PM.
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