Neurosurgery of North Iowa Pc

Jessica Erickson _{on Google}

Apr 23rd, 2021

Dr. Beck is the the best neurosurgeon out there in my opinion! In 2019 I ruptured my L5/S1 disc and was ruptured for 7 months before my family practitioner finally did an MRI and referred me to Dr. Beck. After 7 months of being ruptured, he was skeptical that even he could get my left achillies reflex to come back because the damage had been going on so long. He was a miracle worker! After my laminectomy/discectomy I had full function of that leg and foot back. In March 2021 I started to have sciatica and complete numbness in my left leg again. We did an MRI and it showed what looked like a disc bulge and nerve compression at the L5/S1 so I went back to Dr. Beck. This time we had to try an epidural injection and Physical Therapy to sastify the insurance compay before her could operate. Since neither of those worked, I had surgery at the L5/S1 level on April 30, 2021. What he found when he got in there is that I had formed a large bone spurr in the left foreman thereby compressing the nerve. He removed the bone spurr and I am well on my way to recovery already!
My uncle had a rupture at the L5/S1 and he has permanent nerve damage despite having a good surgeon and being not much older than myself.
I mention that because it shows what a top caliber surgeon Dr. Beck is! He truly is the best of the best and his team is as well! Kurt Lamers his PA, is extremely personable and extremely knowlegeable. Despite not wanting to have surgery, I was very calm going in because I had every confidence that they were going to get me back to "living" not just "existing". I highly recommend them to anyone with a surgical back issue!