madeline
i had 2 removed L4 AND L/5, IT WAS BULGING AND LEAKING ,ONCE REMOVED THERE FUSED. TIL THIS DAY I STILL HAVE ALOT OF BACK PAIN SINCE 1996 AND NOW I HAD ANOTHER MRI AND I NEED SURGERY AGAIN AND ANOTHER DISC IS BULGING ..THERES NO REAL CURE FOR IT , I WENT THRU THERAPY, INJECTIONS IN WHICH THAT ISNT GOOD AS WELL, MY SURGERY DID NOT GO WELL FOR ME BUT I DO KNOW OTHERS THAT DID SO BASICALLY ITS A 50/50 CHANCE..THERES A PROCEDURE BEFROE THE SURGERY IN WHICH ITS CALLED A MYLAGRAM , THAT IS WHEN THEY INJECT A DYE TO YOUR SITE SO THEY HAVE A BETTER KNOWLEDGE OF WHERE THEY HAVE TO GO INTO , I HAD A SEVERE REACTION TO THE DYE AND HAD TO PUT IN A HOSPITAL TO RELIEVE THE PRESSURE I HAD GOING FOR DAYS IN MY HEAD,THE VOMITING WAS ONE AFTER ANOTHER NONSTOP, ITS AN UNREAL EXPERIANCE AND I DONT WISH THAT ON MY OWN ENEMY ..THEN THEY DO A MYLAPATCH , THEY TAKE UR OWN BLOOD AND INJECT IT BACK TO YOUR SPINE TO RELIEVE PRESSURE INSIDE UR HEAD.THAT FINALLY GAVE RELIEF,BASCIALLY I TRIED EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT , THEY TOLD ME THAT A NEUROLOGIST SHOULD OF BEEN SEEN FIRST BEFORE AND ORTHO CUZ TIL THIS DAY I HAVE PERMANENT NERVE DAMAGES TO MY LEFT LOWER LEG , I HAVE SUFFICANT AMOUNT OF SCAR TISSUES THAT THEY HAVE TO REMOVE ETC...SO GOOD LUCK AND BE PREPARED AFTER THE SURGERY , UR BACK WILL NEVER BE THE SAME..