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Message: [QUOTE="Fairfield Fan, post: 4158304, member: 6911"] Had surgery for a herniated disc 25 years ago. Easy to diagnose. They only want to make sure that the pain isn't being caused by a tumor. She was probably out so long because the doctors preferred not to perform surgery, but wait/hope that the inflammation caused by the hernia just cleared up on its own. Docs prefer doing nothing first. Pain cleared up a couple of times for me. But then the pain became debilitating. Standing up in the morning was difficult. Shifting positions in a chair sometimes created shooting electric pain down my back. What's odd about Aubrey's injury is that this seems usually to be associated with old age, or with work associated with lots of pressure on the spine. Strange that she would suffer this kind of injury from just basketball and at such a young age. Also a bit odd that they're saying she's done for the season. Surgery for herniated discs doesn't require a long recovery time. The pain usually clears up very fast. Maybe something else going on. But certainly really rooting for her to come back to basketball, and also to enjoy a young life free of back pain!! Really rooting for her!!! [/QUOTE]