1 post tagged “disc replacement”

So, it seems like the time for it. 

My aunt in Ohio is going under the knife to get a heart catheter put in so she can be treated for pulmonary hypertention today most likely.  PH is a rare disorder in which the blood pressure in the artery going to the lungs is abnormally high.  Since gas exchange is pressure-differential dependent, the increase in blood pressure means less oxygen makes it in, and less carbon dioxide makes it out.  In short, it's slow, progressive suffocation.  Send her some positive thoughts and prayers if you can.

I'm also talking to my spine docs about getting this pesky L5/S1 disc replaced.   I'm opting for this surgery for a number of reasons, but chiefly because it's not fusion and its recovery time is a fraction of other surgeries.  Hopefully, it will give me back my life.  15 years is a long time to be in pain.  Wish me luck.