dailylifewithfibromyalgia

I was very impressed with the neurosurgeon.  He took me and my husband to a conference room to view my MRI on big screen and went over it layer by layer.  He said that there are 2 operations that they can do to fix my issues.  The least invasive would be to go in 2 small cuts at the lower back and make room for the nerve that is compressed.  This operation would take care of my sciatic nerve pain, numbness, & tingling.  The other surgery is a bigger surgery and they would go in a larger area to fix the nerve issue AND work to reduce my back pain as well.  BUT FIRST he wanted me to do three months of water therapy concentrating on the back to firm up my core area to see if it helps at all.  He didn’t think it would help much, but he said it was worth a try before doing surgery.  WOW!  A surgeon that has alternatives impresses me.  I really thought when I met with him that he would want to do surgery soon.  So my choices will eventually be to do that first surgery mentioned OR the second surgery that could potentially fix all my issues.  If I am given the choice – I will go for the gold!  Yes, I want to try to fix everything.  Getting rid of some pain and symptoms that come along with it will be wonderful.  Then I can just concentrate on my fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis treatment.  I wish you many days of low pain and extra energy!!

This entry was posted on December 20, 2012 at 5:15 am and is filed under Back Pain, Bulging Disc, Constant Pain, Degenerative Disc Disease, Fibromyalgia, Pain, Sciatic Nerve Issues, Spinal Stenosis. You can subscribe via RSS 2.0 feed to this post's comments. You can comment below, or link to this permanent URL from your own site.