1st time posting.

265 days since medical review started and still no examiner assigned. I will be 60 in March. I was a nurse for many years. Now I have many cervical and lumbar spine issues. I am getting nerve blocks now. Preparing for my cervical nerves to be ablation. I have a disc herniation at L5 center causing stenosis. The insurance is requesting that an epidural be done before I can have a microdiscectomy for that. My c-spine has multiple broad based disc herniationscausing stenosis. Looking at maybe a ACDF, but I'm doing everything I can to avoid that. I am having a lot of numbness and weakness in my arms from that. Any idea what my chances are of getting an approval? This waiting is very stressful.