As you have all probably guessed from the no updates there had been little movement on the NHS front so after our Dr's surgery giving us hassle over taking 5 days for a letter to refer us to bupa (seriously) we went down the private route. I have limited cover with bupa so up until now we had tried avoiding it but I haven't even heard from the hospital regarding the mri, so we took the plunge. Luckily I have never had back problems before so bupa are covering me. The consultant we saw was rather surprised I even got private cover.
Anyhow we set things in motion on Monday, saw the consultant today, luckily bupa had already authorised an mri which was done whilst I was there today and we saw the consultant again afterwards. She's concerned to say the least. I have ruptures a disc (could've been 2 but I was in too much pain by then too take in everything she said). L5 and S1 were both mentioned as was a vertebra with degeneration, however her biggest concern was over the loss of strength and feeling in my right leg, particularly with the floppy foot syndrome. She is not sure that this will return (something I kind of already guessed/knew) or recover after this length of time and I may well not fully recover from this.
I see pre-op on Monday and this will decide on where the operation will happen. The choice being Bupa or NHS. It is possible that my asthma is too severe for the op to happen at the bupa hospital (that and my Bronchiectasis, tracheomalacia and adrenal insufficiency), so I have 2 dates for the op... Under the NHS (same consultant) on the 9th or privately on the 10th, it all depends on the anaesthetist on Monday.
I guess only time will tell now in that too much has passed since the original injury and then time after the op for recovery. Good news and bad news and no she isn't trying to prepare me for the worst, there is sadly a very serious chance that I won't get the full use of my good leg back.
and mine was better. (for me anyway)
