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Originally Posted by MrBaldBastard
Problem is you really need to see the surgeon first, they are the most qualified and will always push for the non surgery option if its not needed, but only really they can make that call. Likewise an MRI is the only thing that can show what's really going on in there. all Xrays, Ct scans and the likes do.. is show you need an MRI. I had various physiotherapists and other quacks push and prod my spine for a years, till a surgeon looked at it and said.. "That wouldn't of achieved much", the disk bulge was sticking in to my sciatic nerve 6mm, the reality was I had no planB it was an operation or living in pain, pushing the nerve by massage and the likes.. was an extreme risk of doing more damage..
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I believe that things a little bit more complicated, especially where there are tons of potential diagnosis. I remember, over 20 years ago, the surgeon told me that I should operate scoliosis. What he didn't tell me that there are other effective ways to fix a problem without having titanium rod implanted in my body. He was a serious surgeon, a military one.
I don't believe people generally and second or third opinion should be a mandatory thing in such situations.