Spinal fusion

[jaws7777]

There is no way to know what length of time is the point of no return. it depends on how much the nerve is being pinched and what damage that is doing to it.
I can tell you the what my neurosurgeon told me before surgery, when I asked about my prognosis. "How ever long your nerve has been being adversely affected, after surgery that length of time will be when your nerve has recovered to about the best outcome...whether 6 months or 3 years or 8 years" but the longer you let it be smashed, the worse your outcome chances are.
so, if you've had nerve symptoms for 3 years, 3 years after surgery you will know. whatever remains after that is probably permanent or will improve so slowly that you may not realize much.
However, you may have a large amount of improvement right away. the remainder is slower improvement. the first years improvements are more rapid than later years. That is how it went with me. So question is, how long do you want to wait for getting to your best and finding out? wanna add on a couple more years and some permanent pain or other limitations, such as numbness or reduced movement? Or do you want to get your butt in gear ASAP and hope for no permanent damage- or at least a lot less of it? Time is your enemy before surgery.
I was much like you, in my pre-surgical thoughts.
My surgeon did not even tell me he was going to do the max amount of repair (or ask my opinion of choices beforehand!) about possible bone graft, fusion, rods & screws etc. because he knew I was a dumbass. He used his own experience & best judgement. I do not know whether he consulted my husband while I was under anesthesia. I would have not wanted the recovery pain of taking the hip bone graft.
I believe that most of my damage occurred from the time when I started being in constant, unrelenting pain. for years it would come and go. I believe if I had gotten fixed immediately at the point of being total hell, I would have been at 100%.
Dont be a dumbass like me.
I think you need to stop over-thinking it. You can not know how every detail will turn out. but you can improve your odds by moving faster on this. You will definitely worsen the outcome by procrastinating. if you don't trust your surgeon find another one.

Thx for sharing that. I think its best for me and my family to atleast try everything possible instead of being a dumbass lol

When this gets approved i think im gonna do it. The thought of actually being even 50% better than this has to be worth it. Geez i use a grabber to pick up baseballs when im playing with my son.

Ive been doing allot of reading up on this and is it true that they want you to walk allot after the surgery to avoid scare tissue from forming ? Did you have to get more testing done after the surgery to tell if the bone was graphing ? Im not even sure if graphing is a term but you know what i mean

 

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its not so much scar tissue forming but scar tissue adhering, as in bonding to bone or muscular or tendons. doing the physicle(sp) therapy and whats been prescribed, whither walking or what ever is going to have a great deal to do with results over time.

 

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Thx for sharing that. I think its best for me and my family to atleast try everything possible instead of being a dumbass lol

When this gets approved i think im gonna do it. The thought of actually being even 50% better than this has to be worth it. Geez i use a grabber to pick up baseballs when im playing with my son.

Ive been doing allot of reading up on this and is it true that they want you to walk allot after the surgery to avoid scare tissue from forming ? Did you have to get more testing done after the surgery to tell if the bone was graphing ? Im not even sure if graphing is a term but you know what i mean

all my DR told me after surgery was "walking is the best thing you can do". he said nothing about scar tissue risks.
But there is a supplement which helps prevent scar tissue, and breaks it down over time, if already formed. It is MSM. I was already taking it before surgery and continued afterward, because it is anti-inflammatory so helps pain due to inflammation. but hell, I don't pay retail health food store prices. I buy through equine supplement stores online. buy licensed, patented pure MSM, made in the USA. it is in white powdered form, is kind of bitter, dissolves easily in lukewarm juice. mix till dissolved and chug fast like medicine. then I drink some milk or something to get rid of the aftertaste. the exact same source manufactures all licensed patented pure MSM. I won't pay for the gel capsules and don't give a crap how it tastes. I'm looking for bargain price and medicine.
I actually did not do much walking,but it is best to do. I had no problem with scar tissue.
I'm so glad you don't aspire to being a dumbass. now I feel that I have served a purpose in life ;-]

 

[jaws7777]

all my DR told me after surgery was "walking is the best thing you can do". he said nothing about scar tissue risks.
But there is a supplement which helps prevent scar tissue, and breaks it down over time, if already formed. It is MSM. I was already taking it before surgery and continued afterward, because it is anti-inflammatory so helps pain due to inflammation. but hell, I don't pay retail health food store prices. I buy through equine supplement stores online. buy licensed, patented pure MSM, made in the USA. it is in white powdered form, is kind of bitter, dissolves easily in lukewarm juice. mix till dissolved and chug fast like medicine. then I drink some milk or something to get rid of the aftertaste. the exact same source manufactures all licensed patented pure MSM. I won't pay for the gel capsules and don't give a crap how it tastes. I'm looking for bargain price and medicine.
I actually did not do much walking,but it is best to do. I had no problem with scar tissue.
I'm so glad you don't aspire to being a dumbass. now I feel that I have served a purpose in life ;-]

Im gonna look up the msm today thanks for the tip.

How long were you limited in your activities?