Im 25 and had ADR when I was 22. I only had the surgery when it came to the point where I couldnt walk, sit, stand, basically do anything. Physical therapy didnt work - microcurrent, phototherapy, hands on etc.... Pain killers stopped working. Basically I totally see your opinino on wanting to fix it right now, I wanted to do the same thing before too but I decided to only do it if it was absolutely necessary.
Now, I still have problems. If you want to read my post to see what's going on go to Charite ADR 2.5 yr update.
But this is a major decision, and you dont want to end up worse off than you are now. I would definitely do epidural blocks, other injections etc... before surgery. You never know, it can releave you of your pain for a long time.
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2001 College Ice hockey injury
2002 DDD
2002-2004 epiderals
Spondylolisthesis
1/04 fall in Vegas
1/04-5/04 epiderals
6/24/04 Charite L5/S1
10/04-present new pain from facet joints caused by Charite; 10 facet blocks
12/06 rhizotomy left side
3/07 rhizotomy right side
5/10/2007 Charite removed, anterior IF, posterior instrumentation
180 mg MS-contin; Oxycodone; 16 mg Zanaflex
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