Blairsara,
I can't tell you how sorry I am that you are going through this. Living with an 8-10 pain every day and still taking law classes? You are an amazingly strong person and a wonderful example of human perseverence.
On the bright side, come next fall, your fusion revision should be well healed and you should be looking forward to a "low-pain" fall semester. If anything happens to your L4/L5 disc or facets in the future, there will be better technology by that time that will very likely address the problem.
Since I have similar (albeit MUCH less severe) facet symptoms behind my L5/S1 Charite, I would be interested to learn why your facet pain suddenly became so bad? I wonder if the facet degeneration got so bad that you are now dealing with some stenosis from the facet osteophytes?
Best of luck (you sure deserve it!) and thanks for keeping us posted on your situation and decisions. Our prayers and thoughts will be with you this spring.
Best,
Laura
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