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Rav-,

Welcome to the forum. We all were/are too ignorant as to the workings of our own bodies. I had no idea you could actually injure your spine vs. the muscle spasms that continually got worse. A chiro actually forced my first emergency surgery.

Here's my advise to you. Get a second and even a third opinion from surgeons who regularly perform all options available to you. They won't recommend something they don't do.

Educate yourself as to all the benefits, side effects, pitfalls, etc. for any procedure (or not) that is available to you. Only then can you and you alone, make a decision based on your own desires and circumstances.

No back surgery comes with any guarantees and neither does doing nothing. Ask questions, do your research, find the best doctors. You need to be able to weigh all the good and bad. I do wish you luck,

Dale