I am having back surgery on March 9th, 2011. The medical term for what I am having is: Laminotomy with Microdecompression and Microdiscectomy. The layman definition is: They are going to make an incision on my back and drill a hole between two vertebrae and then clean out and bone fragments and disc that are bugging my nerves. I think it sounds much worse than it actually will be.
I have done everything I can to avoid having surgery, but sometimes there are really no other options. I have been going to Physical Therapy and Pain Management for longer than I care to think about. My upside on that is that at least my insurance covers it 100% and I have the care available to me.
I have been dealing with chronic back pain for the better part of 13 years. I can't really remember any defining event that led to me being where I am right now. The pain started small and nagging and then it was just kind of a downhill slide over a bunch of years. I think in the beginning I was not as aggressive about seeking treatment as I probably should have been. Hindsight is always 20/20 and I have learned from my mistakes.
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