The Options: The outcomes hinge on whether or not my surgery is allowed, in this COVID19 Virus time of essential vs. non-essential care. The consultation call in four days with a neurosurgeon will decide that one way or the other. In some sense, I feel like I am going into an interview. That if I am pitifully lame enough and ingratiating, I will have surgery. If I am not of the proper demeanor or criteria, I will go to the back of the line. Simplistic exaggeration? No, it's how I write it.
1. Have the surgery. Unless it involves fusion, in which case I will decline.
2. Wait until Mother Nature absorbs the damaged disk, and the pinched nerve pain dissipates. This could take weeks, a year, or never happen.
3. Get yet another neurosurgeon's opinion. This is likely if surgery is delayed by COVID19 situation.
4. Make no decision at all.
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