Originally Posted by
oncedisturbed
Saw independent Ortho spec today, basically back is shagged. He has made a verbal recommendation to defer anything for 12 months pending longterm recovery, "if" I recover back to this pre-injury level. If I don't make any positive progress after 12 months then I have to look at surgery with disc fusion and possible disc replacement and something else but I forget what else was possibly needed as well, think it was nerve blocks.
Flies in the face of the ridiculous insurance specs report that there is nothing wrong and that the painkillers and eczema are causing problems in my back.
Hopefully lawyers can sort this crap out.