Diane's recovery - Endoscopic Discectomy, July 2007

[sahuaro]

Diane:
Thank you for posting. It is indeed frustrating and worrisome when what you think is behind you pops up again. I am so glad you averted an unnecessary surgery but it looks like the future is uncertain.

In your relatively short career as a spiney, you have discovered two things which it has taken me years to find out and which I think are important for spineys to know. First, you can indeed talk to the radiologist and even ask the technician to ask the radiologist to address specific questions in his report! And second, the quality of imaging equipment does vary from facility to facility. I didn't know until my post-op appointment that my MRI's are of poor quality because the equipment was not the most up-to-date. More variables to deal with...

Please be well and I know that you and Mark will make the right decisions as needed.

Barbara