Thanks for all the support.
It has been a journey these past days. I had an MRI and the next day the surgeon left the decision to me on whether I try physiotherapy and other modalities to see if this gets better over time or whether I take the route of surgery. It was clear from his messaging and the information he provided that I should go the surgery route. I decided on surgery and I am glad I did because they next day the pain got worse even though the pain medication was increasing in frequency. My left leg was starting to go numb and I was back to periods of pain at 9/10.
I am going in for a laminotomy and a discectomy hopefully tomorrow.
Below is an image of my MRI:
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Adrian in Vancouver
It has been a journey these past days. I had an MRI and the next day the surgeon left the decision to me on whether I try physiotherapy and other modalities to see if this gets better over time or whether I take the route of surgery. It was clear from his messaging and the information he provided that I should go the surgery route. I decided on surgery and I am glad I did because they next day the pain got worse even though the pain medication was increasing in frequency. My left leg was starting to go numb and I was back to periods of pain at 9/10.
I am going in for a laminotomy and a discectomy hopefully tomorrow.
Below is an image of my MRI:
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Adrian in Vancouver