Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
My feeling on surgery has always been to look at it as a last resort.
Because there's just nowhere else to go at that point. And rarely is surgery a permanent fix. Little stuff like a micro discectomy don't worry me much because there are still fallbacks from there. But man, if you're talking about fusion, there's just nothing left to do after that and if in 10 years you're looking at problems starting to re-emerge, you don't have another option available.
Baby steps when it comes to cutting on your body, man. Leave yourself another lever to pull as you age as often as you can.
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut: My feeling on surgery has always been to look at it as a last resort.
Because there's just nowhere else to go at that point. And rarely is surgery a permanent fix. Little stuff like a micro discectomy don't worry me much because there are still fallbacks from there. But man, if you're talking about fusion, there's just nothing left to do after that and if in 10 years you're looking at problems starting to re-emerge, you don't have another option available.
Baby steps when it comes to cutting on your body, man. Leave yourself another lever to pull as you age as often as you can.
If surgery in inevitable I would prefer to do it now while I am younger and will recover quicker.
Especially since I have awesome health insurance right now and a job that I have the flexibility to work or not work at my discretion.
Already been dealing with this for a little over two weeks. Luckily I have the ability to work for 10-15 minutes until the pain builds up and then go rest for an hour or so until I can crank out another 10-15 minutes of work. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJJasonp:
ive been experiencing neck issues for the past 5 years.....along with that, some serious bouts of vertigo and imbalance issues.
ANyone else have vertigo along with their neck issues - and was it cured from surgery?
I have 3 MRIs lined up, and hoping on the right track towards feeling better.
Originally Posted by penguinz:
If surgery in inevitable I would prefer to do it now while I am younger and will recover quicker.
Especially since I have awesome health insurance right now and a job that I have the flexibility to work or not work at my discretion.
Already been dealing with this for a little over two weeks. Luckily I have the ability to work for 10-15 minutes until the pain builds up and then go rest for an hour or so until I can crank out another 10-15 minutes of work.
Like I said - there's almost always a clock on the duration of any repairs.
Granted, maybe that's different in the case of a fusion. But oftentimes the moment you get something done, the countdown to it no longer being effective begins. Be that labrum surgery or a replacement knee - it all has a shelf life.
So you don't want to go getting your knee replaced at 45 if you can avoid it because you'll probably need another one before you start to slow down. Most orthos have pretty good recommended 'timelines' for stuff like that so I'm sure you'll get solid advice.
But man, if I could do something that put a spinal fusion off for even a couple years, I'd probably do it. Apart from insurance considerations which I see as just being too speculative to consider in my thinking either way.
But hey - good luck to you whatever path you go. Just throwing my perspective out there. [Reply]
Originally Posted by penguinz:
Anyone ever have to deal with this?
Causing nerve to get pinched and left arm is all but paralyzed and throbbing with insane amount of pain.
Already getting atrophied. Over an inch in circumference lost already.
MRI tomorrow and hopefully surgery or something to fix soon.
My wife had that happen and like 45% of her spine was pinched. They weren't sure how she wasn't dead (I had the answer but I kept it to myself.)
After surgery it took about 6 months for the pain and numbness to subside. She still does get the occasional bout of numbness but that's light years better than unbearable pain... [Reply]
