Finally some light at the end of the tunnel.
Thank you my sweet man Gabriel, for going to the appt with me this morning and helping me come to this decision and be at peace with it. Even though I'm scared to death of the idea of surgery on my spine.
They will be doing a minimally invasive surgery, going in through my abdominal to remove my bad disk and replace it with a metal spacer that will act as a disk. Then they will take blood from my hip bone to get platelets to use in the new disk to create a bone fusion. I will also have acouple screws put in my spine through my back.
Now we're just waiting on insurance to approve the surgery and hopefully I can get it done within the next 2-3 weeks. I will hopefully be able to return to work within 3-6 weeks after surgery. The best news!!?? I should be able to start working out again 3 months after surgery! Ok, the best news is getting out of pain but working out again is the next best news!
(The pictures kind of speak for themselves. You can see in the x-ray on the right, when I'm standing there is virtually no disk at all between the bones. The surgeon said it should have been the thickest disk there at the bottom!)
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