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Here’s the work my neurosurgeon wants to do. I am petrified. I’m 56 and I just have this horrible feeling I’m not going to come out of this well. I can still walk some but have lost most of my right calf muscle and have a bit of foot drop. I’m afraid of the pain, the loss of independence for awhile, I won’t even be able to take care of my dog, and the fact that it’s going to take months to recover basics and even a year or more to find out if it even did anything to improve my situation. In fact, I’m terrified I’m going to end up even worse than I am now and that this is basically the beginning of the end for me.