>>If you’re in the Bay Area, I can get you in touch with my neurosurgeon, he’s supposedly the best in the whole state....<<
Thanks, my FRiend.
I live in Los Angeles, but work in Richmond VA.
What was the operation? The idea, as noted upthread, scares the heck out of me.
I had discectomy (the reduction of disk) and laminectomy (the removal of disk “flange” resulting from disk rupture that impinged upon nerves). Insist on a neurosurgeon doing it, to best avoid, well, damaging nerves.
Yes, it is a scary surgery, and even scarier, after the surgery the pain didn’t immediately go away. BUT, after taking a single week’s regimen of steroids to combat post-operative swelling, I was back to normal. It was awesome.