I am falling apart ...

Oh wait, I am not done! Two years ago, my Primary Care doc diagnosed my left fore finger with early signs of arthritis after an X-ray. My current doc thinks it might be a trigger finger. I am scheduled for an ultrasound and Orthopedic hand specialist on Sep 10.
 
From what I have seen with fusions from other people that I know such as family and friends. Is one leads to another fusion. Biggest reason I stay away from one. I've had 3 laminectomies on the same area. Injections, physical therapy and lots of pain meds. I don't understand why the Insurance and doctors in the US don't do like they do in Spain. Just fix it with a artificial disc. They have a better outcome than fusions. I was looking into this about 20 years ago. I would imagine it has come a long way since then. I wish I had spent the time and money then.
https://curemeabroad.com/treatments/spine-care-surgery/herniated-discs-spine-surgery/spain
Thanks M1. I have been reading up on laminectomies. Had a friend who had one done on his L4 and L5 and it has really helped him. Won't be able to see a spinal surgeon until August 27th. Will see what he says.
Thanks again.
 
Thanks M1. I have been reading up on laminectomies. Had a friend who had one done on his L4 and L5 and it has really helped him. Won't be able to see a spinal surgeon until August 27th. Will see what he says.
Thanks again.
My problem is Lumbar Stenosis, a new disk simply wouldn't fix it, my problem is evidently mostly Genetic.
 
Oh wait, I am not done! Two years ago, my Primary Care doc diagnosed my left fore finger with early signs of arthritis after an X-ray. My current doc thinks it might be a trigger finger. I am scheduled for an ultrasound and Orthopedic hand specialist on Sep 10.
I had a trigger finger release two years ago on my driving finger 🖕- I'm not being funny it was that finger on my left hand. It's now starting to bother me again.
 
Straight Shooter. I just saw a spinal surgeon at the UofU. Hr suggested a procedure were they give me shots in three different areas of my back. If none of them relieve the pain then they will ablate the nerves causing the pain. In my opinion it beats the heck out of a major surgery,
 
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