I recently posted about my surgeon (Dr. Errico in NYC) recommending (or shall I say "suggesting") surgery. Again my "specs" are 46 degree curve, 29 years old, my curve was 32 degrees in my teens when I stopped wearing the brace, so there is obvious progression. His opinion 0was that it would most likely continue to progress.
I got a good feeling from him in that he was confident and comfortable. He had one of his patients call me that day which was great. And I bought a book about surgery and have been doing a lot thinking.
I'm now 90% sure I want to go through with it, but I feel like I want to talk to Dr. Errico again to go over my records in more detail, compare past xrays, talk about what vertebrae he would fuse, and just in general get a more comfortable and confident feeling about this surgery. I had to set up another appointment with him to have this conversation, which is 6/3.
What have others done to make the final decision? I guess I am wondering is this a normal thing to set up another consultation with the same Doctor I just met with a month ago? Can I be doing anything else to make this decision?
Any advice or info is appreciated!!
I got a good feeling from him in that he was confident and comfortable. He had one of his patients call me that day which was great. And I bought a book about surgery and have been doing a lot thinking.
I'm now 90% sure I want to go through with it, but I feel like I want to talk to Dr. Errico again to go over my records in more detail, compare past xrays, talk about what vertebrae he would fuse, and just in general get a more comfortable and confident feeling about this surgery. I had to set up another appointment with him to have this conversation, which is 6/3.
What have others done to make the final decision? I guess I am wondering is this a normal thing to set up another consultation with the same Doctor I just met with a month ago? Can I be doing anything else to make this decision?
Any advice or info is appreciated!!
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