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So I am questioning the education of either one or many doctors after Tueday's visit to the neurosurgeon. I thought I was just going as a "formality," since I have improved so much after my 1st steroid injection, I would not be thinking surgery was an any-time-soon-option. I had gone for follow up with my spine dr Monday, and received a 2nd spinal injection then, and he recommended "touching base" with a neurosurgeon. So I show up to the appointment Tuesday, and the neurosurgeon walked in and basically told me I had no other option but surgery for my ruptured vertebral disc at C7, and I was risking permanent nerve damage by not having this done. ??? This was the first I had heard of a ruptured disc, because I was told we would not do steroid injections if this was the case... SO, I asked him why he thought my disc was ruptured, and he told me he read it plainly in the report, and I think he got his chickens mixed up because my report in fact referred to my discs as intact, but he told me to reread the report... as if literacy was the issue? I didn't have time to argue, as I had in fact left my 1st day back to clinicals for this appointment, and thought I should probably reschedule with a surgeon who reads the reports before recommending surgery. The funny thing was he just kept explaining that he would "simply" enter through the front of my neck, remove the disc, and permanently fuse my vertebrae, and he does like 2-3 per week...he even explained the rate of success and such, but he could not tell me why you would perform this surgery on somebody without ruptured discs? And 2-3 does not boost my confidence if this is the wrong procedure!  And if my disc is ruptured, then the radiologist and spinal specialist I have been going to are the ones who are wrong, and that's no good either! :) I left my appointment feeling beyond frustrated, and what do you do when your frustrated? Call your mom... that's what I did, and in true mom fashion, she called my family practice physician, who I love, and wanted his opinion on piecing together info since he was the 1st to see me (and I had no time to call because I went back to clinicals), but unfortunately he was out of town til Monday. I have clinicals til Thursday, though, so Friday I will be calling my spinal dr and another neurosurgeon for a 2nd opinion, and we shall see. In the meantime I began a new clinical rotation at Truman Medical Center (I have been at Children's Mercy), and I absolutely LOVE it. I have attended many deliveries, and have just plain loved it. My preceptors have also been really great. That's the good news... the bad news it I have had no improvement since the 2nd injection... my left pointer finger has a small numb spot, and my left shoulder and triceps muscle are still profoundly weak, but I am still counting my blessings!