Hey All,
It is official. July the 12th is the surgery date. I went in yesterday day with high hopes that they would whisk me in to surgery, and much to my suprise they offered epidural injections first. I nearly passed out. I said that is a quick fix and I don't want a fix that leaves me feeling the same. So just before I started to cry he said o.k. let me get the other doctor that will do the surgery. I was confused. So I said what is going on that he came in first. He said it is my decision to have the surgery or the injections. He told me I will never be off disability. I have arthristis all throughout my back and the discs all are bulging.
I am 33 and I will never retire at a ripe age of 65. It makes me feel awful. I will work again but it hit me harder today that things won't be the same. They will fuse the rest of the spine downward. And then they will cut off the "chicken wire" (LOL) and the part of the rod that is just doing nothing but scrape. They are going to use the cage system in the disc space. It seems final in some ways that I will not bend again but as it is now I won't bend anyway.
Well I am hoping I won't have any complications prior to the surgery so everything goes through before school starts for the girls. Any suggestions on how to make it an easier time for kids to deal with a parents surgery would be helpful. Bare in mind I am a single parent and I my parents and I live together so the have some stability but it will be hard still. I am the primary caregiver to all in the house. So wish me luck.
I hope everyone is doing well and take it easy on yourselves. Krystal
It is official. July the 12th is the surgery date. I went in yesterday day with high hopes that they would whisk me in to surgery, and much to my suprise they offered epidural injections first. I nearly passed out. I said that is a quick fix and I don't want a fix that leaves me feeling the same. So just before I started to cry he said o.k. let me get the other doctor that will do the surgery. I was confused. So I said what is going on that he came in first. He said it is my decision to have the surgery or the injections. He told me I will never be off disability. I have arthristis all throughout my back and the discs all are bulging.
I am 33 and I will never retire at a ripe age of 65. It makes me feel awful. I will work again but it hit me harder today that things won't be the same. They will fuse the rest of the spine downward. And then they will cut off the "chicken wire" (LOL) and the part of the rod that is just doing nothing but scrape. They are going to use the cage system in the disc space. It seems final in some ways that I will not bend again but as it is now I won't bend anyway.
Well I am hoping I won't have any complications prior to the surgery so everything goes through before school starts for the girls. Any suggestions on how to make it an easier time for kids to deal with a parents surgery would be helpful. Bare in mind I am a single parent and I my parents and I live together so the have some stability but it will be hard still. I am the primary caregiver to all in the house. So wish me luck.
I hope everyone is doing well and take it easy on yourselves. Krystal
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