Justlooking, welcome to the forum.
I had 3 years of the doctors telling me the same thing.
>> What were the results of the injections? Were they dramatically positive?
>> Have you had a discogram?
Just because the discs don't look that badf does not mean that they are not painful. Rhizotomies will be of little value if the bulk of your pain is coming from the discs or other 'not your facet' places.
After 3 years of "your films look way too good and you are way too mobile to be having the kind of pain you are reporting" and 2 microdiscectomies/laminotomies that helped new leg pain associated with new disc protrusions but left my low back pain the same and continuing to get worse.... my ADR surgery was like magic. 7 weeks later I was off all the meds (after 3 years on opiates, 2 years on neurontin and wellbutrin.)
I'm not suggesting that I know what your problem is or what will be beficial to you... I'm just sharing my experience. We do know a lot of failed ADR patients, but when the indications are good, the results are generally good too; NOT ANYWHERE CLOSE TO PERFECT, but relatively good compared to other options.
All the best,
Mark
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