Let us just say yesterday was a bad day, a very bad day for me. I went to Grady and got seen by a Dr Harris, an Emory Neurosurgeon, and she gave me the same story. I need to be operated on and have the calcification removed.
The whole story goes like this, I got to Grady at 8 or so, and checked in, thanks to my friends I was able to go in and see a Dr, without waiting for a referral and about 2 months. Then I sat and waited and waited till about 10 or so when I got back to the actual patient room and a Dr Jesse came in and ran all the tests Northside did already, so I was able to answer all the questions pretty quickly. The same results came up – my left side not so good, and then the main Dr came in. She was very nice, but, very direct.
She told me that 80% of back hernias heal on their own, but I was not in that 80%. The “bone spur” put me out of the running. She told me all the risks and they are scary for both having and not having the operation.
Now comes the dilemma, I am not very keen on having some one cut me open. In fact it absolutely terrifies me. The actual operation is scary enough, never mind the recovery period and being in hospital. And oh yes, anesthetic….
So this meant when I got home, I did not want to go to work at all, I lay down for about an hour, then I went to work, as I need to not brood about this, and try think calmly. Today I went to see Milton at Whole Foods, and David at Booknook, and they both were nice and calm and told me not to rush and get as many opinions as I need.
But, I still see the decision looking up ahead of me.