[wannabeH3]

well my doc seems pretty cool. he wrote down the names of 3 other dr's he reccomends and said i could check with them for more opinions.

I have been seeing another doctor, because i have a herniated disc which is compressing the sciatic nerve causing some really bad leg pain. the back pain is nothing. the leg pain kills me. it goes from my right butt cheek down to my right foot. it sucks bigtime. anyways i have had 3 injections of cortizone in my spine to reduce inflamation and it helped about 10%. That doc handed me off to this one because he has done all he can for me and reccomends i get the surgery. the new doc can go in there with a small incision, scrape the muscle down from the top of the vertabrae, stick the little grabber in there, take an xray to make sure hes in the right spot, remove the portrusion, and relieve the pressure on the nerve fixing me. surgery shouldnt take longer than 45 min to an hour. its outpatient or an overnight stay depending on how you feel. anyways it sucks i have tried chiropractic, and i just got a massage on saturday but since this isnt muscle pain but a physical injury to the disc that is surrounded by vertabrae i really dont think simple massages/acupuncture (which i tried once with no better feeling). anyways i dunno what to do cuz i been on nsaids since march pretty heavily doing 10-12 advils a day and then switching to lodine and vicoden, and now im adding tylenol to that mix too just to keep the pain at bay. it sucks. ill prolly schedule this procedure soon but i just want to know who has had it as well.