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Originally Posted by runner
Well,
It looks like i am facing surgery again.
My doctor did listen to me and I am either going to have surgery in June or early July. I am still kind of in shock even though I knew this was a possibility.
I haven't quite wrapped my mind around this.
The first thing I thought when I got home was, "Do I need this?"
Then I had back pain tonight and the knee pain from the discogram seems to be raising its ugly head and i know I had to eventually do something.
So it looks like ADR at L5/S1.
Runner
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New news! Well, I have to say that it probably is good news. Normally having to have surgery would not be considered good news. But when you have pain that won't go away, the prospect of surgery can be good news, as you know.
I hope, now that some time has passed for the news to sink in, that you are looking at surgery as a good thing. It gives you hope that your pain will be resolved. And you've been through this before, though I'm sure you thought at that time that it would be the end of your pain.
It must be very frustrating to have developed this pain, after just having surgery. It's a real shame they didn't catch the L5/S1 level at the time, so you could have done them in one surgery.
Who is doing your surgery? Is insurance going to cover it?
I really hope this is it for you.