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jlh49
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Not really sure where to go with this one. I was injured in a slip and fall accident at work, it took a week for the employer to do the paperwork and get the ball rolling and in the mean time I went to my Dr and he ordered an MRI and from that he sent me to a neurosurgeon. I underwent the shots which did not work and the surgeon then opted for the fusion and hardware for L5-S1. Knowing that I am a 1-1.5 pack a day smoker the surgery was done on a thursday and I was home on friday, at roughly 3 months post op I was sent to therapy where it felt like more harm than good was done. At every post op Dr visit I complained of the lower back pain and sporadic tingling and nurabness in left leg below the knee, the Dr would take an X-ray and say everything look good, come back in a few weeks. Finally he ordered a CT with and without contrast, it showed debris,further bulging of another disc and narrowing of nerve spaces, he says that he didn't see anything to be concerned with and he didn't know what to say. I finally ended up going to a second opinion and took with me the previous CT results and the X-Ray from the Dr.s office, the new dr does his exams and tells me the same thing that the CT report says and he orders a Myleogram which confirms what the Ct says and that the attempted fusion had not fused. I guess my question is where do I stand and what should be my next move, am I dealing with a careless dr and am I looking at another surgery