Fun and Frolic on the West Coast
WELL! Here is an update of the NEWS from the Icelandic Princess. My neck is healing (almost to 2 years now) and still of course some face and head pain from the remaining disc issues. My lumbosacral spine, being jealous of all the attention given to my UPPER spine, cerebellum, and neck, decided to rear its green head by pointing out that the 20 years of epidurals were NOT what it wanted. Therefore the epidurals stopped working and so made it abundantly clear by my butt and leg pain and neurogenic claudication that it needed attention. Due to my ongoing osteoporosis treatment my bones are getting very badass—but not yet perfect for fusion— and therefore we are trying a procedure that could work for years. This is going to be done in Marin (UCSF/Marinhealth merged) and should offer some relief. UCSF neurosurgeon is ready to do the full levels of fusions if necessary but this will be what we hope is a good step in the right direction. The Vertiflex pro...