Re: Newbie back...new development....arrgh ~Feet!

<<rk wrote:
Personally, I'd get a second opinion.. Just some surgeons are surgery
happy. And
this coming from a person who's actually broken my foot in half and
refused surgery
due to the thought of afterwards...
Best of luck.>>

thank you. i'm planning on a 2cd opinion. this neuro doesnt "see"
patients until every avenue is explored. i'm in pool therapy. cortisone
made it worse. tis is an old injury & i was misdiagnosed to begin with.
i was told 10 yrs ago it was a pinched nerve. that doc told me it would
get better, here's some pain meds.

so far i've seen his nurse practitioner. i have gone over the MRI with
her in fine detail. there is no pinched nerve.

my life has been upside down for 6 yrs. faced being homeless twice &
starting over. even moved to a different state now. i'm in a very small
city, which has very competitive hospitals. howerver, i can now go to st
louis for 2cd opinions.

nurse rachet told me my next appt is with the doc who will discuss a
possible surgery with me. i volunteer at the hospital. i have seen him &
spoken with him briefly a few times. i have volunteered in te surgery
waiting room. if he were surgery happy, i'd have heard. also his wife is
a medical laye. (now THAT's scary ;-))

i'm tinking this is the proceedure we will be discussing:

Intradiscal Electrothermy Therapy (IDET) - is a slightly invasive
procedure developed to treat patients suffering from lower back pain
caused by herniations or tears in the lumbar discs. The IDET process is
completed on an outpatient basis and generally takes about one hour. A
hollow needle is inserted into the affected lower lumbar disc followed
by an electrothermal catheter( heating wire). The electrothermal
catheter is heated up for about 15 minutes, contracting and thickening
fibers in the wall of the lumbar disc. The heat promotes healing of
tears and cracks in the disc. In addition, nerve endings in the affected
area are cauterized(burned) in order to make them less sensitive. After
removal of the needle, that patient is observed for a short time and
allowed to go home.
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as for the podiatrist...now somehow, i wasnt thinking 2cd opinion.
thank you.

i guess this scared me so much i just jumped the gun because i dont want
to have anything cut off. i'm at the point of "just fix me!"

theres been so much happening in my life over the past year & these past
3 months that my main goal has been trying to keep my stress level down.
i know it can raise bg & lower my tolerance to pain

i have to step back & regroup.

thank you again for your input

.

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