Well, this sucks. Saw the nuerosurgeon again yesterday. He says I shouldn't still be in
this much pain.
Also said a new MRI won't show anything definitive because it would be clouded with blood & fluid still pooled around the disc from the surgery.
If there's no improvement within the next 10 - 14 days, he'll have to reopen the incision to see what's wrong (he say's there's a 5% chance that the disc re-herniated after surgery, but it'd be the first he's ever seen that
did). There is still pretty significant swelling (though it's lower along the spine than it was and the pain now emanates from the right hip) which he believes is because of the manipulation involved in untangling the mess he found in there. That's why he's not in a rush to open my back again. But the pain
should be getting better by this point and it doesn't seem to be.
I'm just so freaking tired of the pain...painkillers that don't work (Hell, I'm just tired of the painkillers -
PERIOD). Tired of yelping like an old dog somebody kicked everytime I move...
And now I have to consider job security on top of everything else. I'm out of leave, sick & FMLA time, so my job will likely be on the line if I can't go back on 11/15.
I am
NOT a happy guy.