Good news
Well, if you call an appointment to have someone open your spine with a scalpel and tools you can find at Home Depot “good” news.
Anyway, my dad is having surgery on the 11th! Lumbar laminectomy at 2 levels for spinal stenosis. Anyone ever had it before? What’s it like?
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