Finally a Surgery Date

I went to the Surgeon yesterday thinking that I was going to schedule Spinal Fusion, but he talked me right out of it.

He said I am way too young for such a harsh permanent surgery.  Instead he is going to do a Microdiscectomy.  In other words, he is going to go in and shave off the part of the disc that is pushing on my nerve and decompress the nerve. 

The only problem with this is that it will only take care of my right leg pain, not the left leg or the low back pain.  So to help that pain, they are going to put in another Spinal Cord Stimulator.  I know, I know, I just recovered from a Staph Infection from the first stimulator and they said, at that time, they would never put in another one, but there really is no other choice except to live with the pain.  I cannot do that!!!!!

This time, they will bring in the Infectious Disease doctor, I will be off of my RA meds for over 6 months, and they are going to do it in a specialty facility instead of the hospital (where all the bugs are).  I should be safe from Staph this time.

So basically, I am facing at least two more surgeries, but they are very minor compared to what the Fusion would have been.  The third surgery would be to put a stimulator in my neck like they had originally said they would do.  We will see.  I am hoping that once my lower half is out of pain, I won’t even realize the upper half hurts.

God is good, I am finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel.  On top of all that info. yesterday, I got my first SSDI check and and it was the B-Day of the baby I lost 14 yrs. ago.  So, needless to say, it was a very emotional day for me, but today is much better, except for pain of course.

My first surgery is (the microdiscectomy), is scheduled for next Friday, February 6th at 10 a.m.