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Severe chronic back pain

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There is nothing private about my orthopedic surgeon. Don’t you guys have socialized medicine there?

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Yes, this is what it’s becoming around the world. What you’re going to have to do is make a plan and you are going to have to talk to your primary care doctor. You will need to get an MRI which will tell you what part of the line you get to get into. In the meantime, you will have to be proactive and do exercises, get outpatient pain management procedures, and take pain medicine. You will have to find out what the protocol is there to get to surgery. I’ve had surgery many times. It’s a long process, but actually it’s a good one and you are better off if you can start Doing whatever you can to help yourself before you get to surgery. This means finding out as much as you can about your condition. There’s a lot to know and there’s a lot of doctors people and help to access on your way towards getting surgery. I think they all hope we will die before we have to use their resources. Sorry to have to say this, but it sort of seems to be the truth for everyone. There are too many people that are trying to use the system at once, but like I said, in the meantime, there’s a lot you can learn about your condition take advantage of that time and of all the procedures there are available. And remember squeaky wheel gets the oil!