Indeed, the herniated part isn't the "big" problem for me, it's the space between the vertebrae. The doctors exact words were "you have the back like 70 year old, who worked very hard his entire life". That's the main reason i didnt let de doctors operate me. I heard from the problems to the vertebrae above. They told me that if they fused those area's, they would be likely to have to operate the section above in about 5-10years. Ive seen new methods like disc prothese, but the long term effect or efficiency hasn't been proven yet. The medicare here doesn't cover these prothese discs yet until they got proof they are decent, like a fusion. I heard they do quite a good job in Germany with back surgery's...
