Not Again ...!

I thought I'd check in, update my blog and let you all know what happened at my appointment back in October with my spine surgeon. I had my MRI films from a few months ago and stopped in to get new x-rays before I went up to see him. He greeted me with "You again??" and we both laughed. Then he went off to study what he had, new x-rays and the MRI stuff.

When he came back, I said, "So, what'd you see?" and he replied " It's not good, not good at all." Then he explained to me that yet another level of my lumbar spine (above my last fusion site) is slipping, so much so that I really must consider having more surgery soon. He indicated that although there's no disc herniation at this time at this location, with the kind of friction from slippage I've got - 9 mm - a herniated disc there is almost imminent. He told me to go home, look at my calendar and chose a date.

I don't believe this is happening. I knew something was wrong, but I never expected this. I'm stunned.