Advice Needed About Fusion & Pain

[bpartin]

I had decompression, fusion with hardware 9 months ago and am still in serious pain. I visited my surgeon 2 weeks ago and he wanted to release me and I told him that I was still in too much pain, so he made me PRN.
I am very confused.Why would he not address the pain issue and is he not going to keep check on the fusion?
Is it common for a surgeon to release a patient before he knows if the fusion has taken. He told me about 8 months ago that the fusion had not set up yet. My pain is almost unbearable.
Tell me what you think.

[richmill1]

most surgeons have a ct scan taken 6 months post op to check...you should get one..or another md

[danswife]

I'm not a dr, not even close (well, I worked for one once...) but that doesn't sound right to me either.  Is it an option to maybe see another dr for another opinion if you're not comfortable with the care you're receiving from this dr?  That may be my next course of action.  You could get all your records and the new dr. could see everything.  That is completely up to you though.  Or maybe does he have another dr. in his practice?

I wish you good luck.  I'm having my 360 fusion in 2 days and I hope mine goes well.