To have surgery or not
I so understand how your feeling. I used to be a dancer and a runner and it's so hard to be in pain. Do you feel you are getting adequate relief from the painkillers? Maybe you need something longer acting as well as what you are taking now.
As for waiting for surgery, I waited for over ten years. I had surgery last year. I am glad I did. While I still have problems, I don't have the nerve issues I did. After exhaustive research I found out that for my condition people who had surgery were much better off. I don't think because you've waited that you should be discouraged from pursuing surgery.
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Chemically sensitive disc/Annular tears, DDD, mild bulging, facet arthritus
Dancing accident in 96. tried PT, acupuncture, pilates, pain mgmt. nothing worked. Epidurals, facet blocks, caudal blocks, discogram. Opiates for ten years, oral prednisone, toradol inj. & more.
Two level spinal fusion with BMS, cages, hardware. due to bone density problems from chemotherapy, they had to go in front and back. Surgery Nov. 6, 2010. So far no regrets.
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