Out for surgery

[sean]

I never realized that factoring was so dangerous to ones health :-)

Best wishes.

[schickel]

Good luck and best wishes for a speedy recovery!

[Uncwilly]

I will join the chorus, wishing a favorable outcome, on one of the surgeries that has one of the poorest odds for success.

Hope you and your machines fly through with minimal down time.

[R.D. Silverman]

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

I will join the chorus, wishing a favorable outcome, on one of the surgeries that has one of the poorest odds for success.

Hope you and your machines fly through with minimal down time.

I have already had 6 spinal surgeries! 3 on cervical vertebrae, 3 on lumbar.
My L3/L4 disc is essentially gone. The vertebrae are virtually touching..
This time, I have a right side large herniation on the L4/L5 disc.....
The L3/L4 disc isn't herniated; there isn't enough left of the disc
to cause a bulge....

The last lumbar surgery was in 95.. It worked fairly well. I did have
a fusion done in 2001 on the C7/T1. It cured the neck pain, but
did permanent damage to my vocal chords. The left side of my
chords is paralyzed owing to nerve damage. It actually requires a
deliberate effort for me to talk; I have to work to force words out.

I enquired about fusing the lumbar discs. I was told that it would have to be
a multi-level fusion, L3/4, L4/5 and L5/S1 and would be MAJOR surgery.
Fusing just one disc would put excessive strain on neighboring discs
given the general messed up condition of my lumbar spine.

[fivemack]

I'm sorry to hear that litany of woes; I hope this surgery goes well.