Went to the doctor Thursday and we talked about my pending surgery. I felt taking 12+ pain pills a day was enough. On the 8th I will start my workup test prior to the date with the knife. I will have a CT scan and a Myelogram AKA spinal tap.
This will make my 4th back surgery. He needs to look to see if the disks above and below support the fusion. The vertebra above and below are starting to crush upon themselves and he may need to extend beyond those vertebra. I knew this was coming but they may let me consult during the surgery.
The last myelogram was almost funny if it hadn't hurt so much.
I had 2 great looking young nurses
. The doctor inserting the needle was oriental and the doctor running the electronic parts was from India. Do you think there was a small language barrier?
She kept telling me I'm puhin da neddo in now.......I godda ghe an bihher neddo...... next thing I knew was my right leg started flying all over the place banging the sides of the equipment .......as she tells me I fink I when to fah ..........YAH THINK!
I will have about a 3-4 month recovery time. I will let you know when and will take my computer with me to the hospital during my stay which will be a few days. I got my bedroom at home all ready with a new paint job, new carpet and new TV mounted on the wall.
No sorry to here or get well just some good jokes will do.
