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Old 02-09-2009, 10:15 PM
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Sassy, welcome to the forum.

Sorry about your emergency surgery, plus redo. I hope to hear great news.

How do your symptoms compare now versus pre-op... also please describe the symptoms between the first discectomy and the reoperation. Your experiences will help others in the same situation.

I would think that once you are a couple of weeks past the trauma of 2 surgeries, you'll be in the same boat as an ordinary post-discectomy patient. Hopefully you are already seeing that symptoms are addressed. It's not as easy as we'd like to think after a discectomy. Some people bounce right back in a few days and others will move slowly for some weeks.

I look forward to reading about your success. All the best,

Mark

PS... would you mind changing the subject or adding the words... emergency discectomy and reoperation at 1 week. That will help people looking for relevant surgery blogs to find this unique situation. Thanks.
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