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Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Herniated Disc - Surgery or Not?
You know what, I’ll give you a big reason to choose surgery! Because I was suffering for seven months and I was only getting worse. The pain was getting worse, the numbness was spreading (the pain was spreading from just my left leg to my right leg, also) and I couldn’t stand it anymore. I couldn’t go grocery shopping because ambling for five minutes was horrible. I’m very very very happy with the results of my surgery and if I had to do it all over again (please, no!), I’d still choose surgery.
About 250,000 Americans have disk surgery for sciatica each year, while another quarter-million instead choose physical therapy, painkillers or rest until they feel better. The surgery costs about $6,000, Weinstein said. $6000? In what universe? My surgery was about $26,000+ when the surgeon, physician’s assistant, and anesthesiologist’s bills were added to the hospital bill. Also, my injections to stave off surgery were approximately $35,000. So, did AP get magical numbers or did I get totally ripped off?
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Hi, I’m Maegan from Arizona and I’m 22 years old I have been suffering from a herniated L-5 disc and my S-1 nerve is crushed and I have been in pain for over a year now due to a car accident. I have tried everything from injections to physical therapy to acupuncture to a chiropractor and nothing has helped. I am searching now for blogs because my next option is surgery and I’ve heard so many negative things about it. I was wondering if you could tell me a little bit more about your procedure and how it’s helped you. Thank you so much,
Maeganon 12/28 at 06:35 PM
