After the Myelogram Hell week, the surgeon said that he is confident that lumbar laminectomy/discectomy surgery is all that is required. He sees no indication for fusion. So, that was the upside of Hell week. I am having some massive anxiety over the thought of surgery. However, I do believe that this is the right [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Surgery Monday
Posted in Memoirs, tagged anxiety, back pain, Christophori's Dream, David Lanz, discectomy, laminectomy, meditation, surgery on March 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Myelogram Hell
Posted in Memoirs, tagged back pain, back surgery, blood patch, myelogram, neurosurgeon, scoliosis on March 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Well, decompression didn’t produce any real changes in my pain and nerve problems. It might have if I had discovered it a year or more ago. Finally after a couple of weekends of just about constant misery I decided to consult a neurosurgeon about my back. He said surgery was a definite, but the upside [...]
