Thanks for the reply Maria. Although you sound like you're in a much much worse way than me the thought processes we're going through might be similar.
Speaking to the nurse that works with a local surgeon who's been helping me, she said its very normal for people to suddenly feel ok on the day they fill in the hospital admission forms etc.
This nurse told me about a lady that had waited two years for a govt funded surgery but changed her mind on the day of filling in the paperwork, but then two months later was begging to be put back on.
She also showed me a graph that a Dr did of his own back pain over a 2 year period and how it went up and down over the weeks but slowly got worse overall. So I guess feeling like you're better and questioning why you're doing it might be a normal thing before surgery.
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snowboarding injury 1997 landed on head, some subluxation of cervical vertebrae no surgery, some ongoing neck and shoulder pain but bearable.
surfing injury 2004 - transient paralysis from neck down for 15 seconds, resolved fully - herniated c5/c6 disc plus some bulging at c3/4/5. Initially had dermatome pain after injury which resolved - general parasthesia in arms/legs was fairly mild after injury but has been worsening.
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