# Serious back pain advice needed

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-back-pain-advice-needed/72133>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 11, 2001, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-back-pain-advice-needed/72133 "2001-07-11T19:41:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-back-pain-advice-needed/72133/21 "2001-07-15T07:32:42Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Major Feelgud \*  
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> > \*Originally posted by Neurodoc \*  
> > \*\*You may need a salvage surgery in the form of a FUSION along with further diskectomy if the disk has herniated some more. YOU need an MRI and need to see a specialist. \*\*
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> Maybe you didn’t read that the man says he’s a poor college student and doesn’t have any money.  
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Thank you **MF**. That was certainly what I was thinking when I read **Neuro’s** post. And thanks for the advice, though PT is pretty much out (expensive) unless as you mentioned, the school offers it (which I will certainly enquire about). (Incidentally, when I did have insurance a few years ago, I was getting PT 3 times a week, until my back went out as a direct result. Not that that made me skeptical about it, but I just never persued actually finding a good PT). I did however, in response to I believe it was **Carina’s** post, find out that I do have access to a pool on campus, which I’m looking very forward to using.

**Neuro** , does this mean that the entire disk has not been removed? Is it common for people to need a second diskectomy?

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