Sonata, in order to make an informed decision, you'll want to assess the risk of waiting. You doctors will advise you and get multiple opinions, but there are problems that let you make a 'quality of life' decision... do the symptoms rise to the level of risking surgery. If you have severe cord compresison, you might not have the luxury of making the qualify of life decison, even in the absence of substantial symptoms. However, If you have exiting nerve root compression, it may not be unreasonable to wait, even in the presence of substantial symptoms. As I said, you'll get different opinions from different surgeons.. it's tough to sort it all out.
Mark
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