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wondered if anybody here has had spinal fusion surgery in the past.

my fiance will be getting one here very shortly; however, she'll only be 19 when it goes down. (very very young for this i know). i had a 45 y/o or so uncle who had this but also had a shattered pelvic bone repaired so i dont wanna judge how her recovery will go off of his.

any thoughts/tips/whatever is appreciated

My thoughts are to get a second, third and perhaps fourth opinions. Good luck to her.

Have you checked on Disc replacement....silicon discs are used in replacement of the herniated ones....If thats an option check it out....

appreciated, guys

im sure she's done both, but i'll ask for sure

I have had the surgery where they snip the disc, actually I had it twice and I am all messed up from just that. I told them to stick the fusion up their ass and I wasn't having it done, but I am looking at it again as a possibility My sister had it done recently and the recovery is very painful and takes a while. We won't know results for at least 6 months to a year. Pit had it done too on the board last year, either him or P I get the names confused