Just got home from seeing Dr. Death.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by billybarue

Scott,

My wife's a Stanford/Harvard trained Pain Doc. Let me know if you have any specific questions she might be able to give you a second opinion on.

Best of luck

Thanks, Billy. Can you just send her up here and let her stay with us for awhile? Please?

[shilala]

Originally Posted by massphatness

Scott - your body kinda' sucks, my brother. It is unfathomanble to me the kind of sh!t you deal with. The fact that you keep a positive outlook is testament to you and your faith. I give you credit, my friend. You are a far stronger man than I ever will be.

As always, you are in my thoughts and prayers.

Thanks Vin, I love you, my brother!!!

Originally Posted by mosesbotbol

Is the doctor breaking up the calcifications? What is the name of procedure you had done?

My Doc is a tiny little asian guy, Mose. His Engrish is pretty bad. I asked him the same question, and I asked him twice what we were putting in my back, and got generic answers.
The way it works with him is that he does stuff, and after a few more visits, if I slowly ask questions, he"ll feed me small pieces of information until I can figure out what the hell he's talking about.
The main reason I stick with him is because he's a man of great Faith, he's very humble, and excruciatingly thorough. He's spent a great amount of his own time researching and understanding my neurological condition that's apart from my back surgery that he's treating. I also trust him, without reservation.
The short answer is "yes, I think" on the calcifications, and "No clue" on the procedure.
It's a lot my fault that I don't know the details because I expressly prohibited them from telling me about it, lest it slow things down and I change my mind.
I'll get all the details later.

[jesseboston81]

Originally Posted by shilala

It's a lot my fault that I don't know the details because I expressly prohibited them from telling me about it, lest it slow things down and I change my mind.
I'll get all the details later.

I know what this is like. I've never had such an excruciatingly painful experience or condition like you, but I recently was diagnosed with a cyst on the side of my throat, which the doctor said would have to be removed by surgery. I immediately went home and Googled the diagnosis to learn more and find out what the surgical procedure would be, but after a momentary glance at a picture of someone's neck mid-surgery, I quickly shut off my computer and said "I'll just trust the doctor and learn more later!"

[shilala]

With all the blather, I should have said I'm about 1000% better today than I was yesterday at this time. I'm very tender back there, and a bit scared of hurting it, but I'm going to get to puttering around and see what happens.

[Chingas]

Best of luck puttering Brother.

[mosesbotbol]

When something presses against the nerve, it's going to be constant pain, which you have my empathy. Just the slightest inflmation near my sciatic nerve and I am just a useless mess.

[RevSmoke]

You are in my prayers, brother.

Peace of the Lord be with you.