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Old 09-18-2009, 10:32 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by jims69camaro View Post
that's the worst part. and of course the surgery is a dice roll, too. when my surgeon advised me that there was a chance i could come out worse, i ignored that and went on with the surgery. i am not worse - only god knows the pain i was in before - but i wouldn't call my current shape 'better', either. after all of this, the surgeon wanted to do the fusion. thing was, he only gave me a 25% chance of getting better.

i hope your odds are much better than that. i hope you heal to be 100% of what you used to be.
Yes, this is the worse part of it.

I haven't been there to speak with the doctor myself, but it seems like the doctor thinks the pain will be much better, but he will lose range of motion. But I think any of us would rather lose some range of motion for a significant decrease in the pain, so it's a trade off he's willing to take, I think.
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