I am possibly going in for major spinal surgery next week,ive had surgeries before and know what to expect,but with this one being more serious im starting to have nightmares about what could go wrong and asking alot of what if questions, what can i do?
Hey, Z.! Spinal surgery “expert” BrokeDog here, (now you know what the “Broke” stands for)! As long as you go into it KNOWING that it is a 50/50 proposition of whether it will be successful or not, you should be fine. I was supposed to have one disc removed and 2 shaved, (a 2 and a half hour surgery, most times), BUT, they found total wreckage of my spine, once they got in there, and, 7 and a half hours and a coffee can full of screws, brackets, ands steel rods later, I came out in horrible shape! But, I knew going in that it COULD be bad. There was 2 broken vertebrae, 4 discs flat, and the surgeon said I should have been in a wheelchair for years! I HAD to have the surgery, because, I had started losing control of my bladder. I think the best policy to take is … if you can possibly live with it, DON’T let them cut! But, if the pain is too much to bear, you have to take a chance! I am 48, and all doctors have told me I have the body of an 80 year old man! Yeah, that SUCKS!
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