Posted 8/7/2010 1:55 AM (GMT 0)
Hydrangea! I have always wondered where you went to. I believe you had your fusion right before me, and I was trying to follow you closely.
However, you kinda disappeared on me. The last I saw before my surgery, you had gone back to work only two weeks after the your surgery.
I was stunned that you had recovered that quickly. It was so contrary to what I had researched on the web and right here on HW.
You are so correct about the recovery and the games your mind will play on you during this process. Each of us will handle it differently, and I'm afraid I did not do to good a job in that department.
I simply was a nut case, as my expectations were way higher than reality.
It sounds like you have really suffered as well, and in a way more than myself.
While we all hope the epidural will help you, it may be a fact that surgery is again in your future. It does concern me that your surgeon stated that the disk above looked bad, and yet opted not to fuse it.
My most sincere hope for you my friend, and please keep in touch with us all.
Take care!
SE