Have you considered a Hybrid approach? ADR at L4/L5 and fusion at L5/S1? From reading these boards, it appears that when ADR goes bad at L5/S1 (perhaps only 1% of the time), it is really debilitating. On the other hand, fusion at L5/S1 seems to be the best level for it. Due to its positioning, you are much less likely to have future issues with fusion there versus other levels.
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Car Accident 2002 - Small Herniated Disc C3/C4
1998 Larger Herniation and Cervical Fusion C3/C4
2005 Herniation C4/C5 - 40 epidural steroid injections from Oct 2005, - Oct, 2007
2008 - Foraminotomy at C6/C7 on left side
Feb, 2010 - Cervical Fusion C4/C5
Dec, 2010 - Lumbar Fusion L3/L5
2013 - Bulge on C5/C6; herniation C6/C7 right side
Mar 26, 2013 - Foraminotomy at C6/C7 on right side
May 5, 2015 - ADR with Dr Blumenthal of TBI for C5/C6 using Mobi-C
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