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#51
04-28-2014, 09:57 PM
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Good Luck. I hope it all works out well.
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* 2003 low back injury playing hockey, hardly move Conservative therapy involving steroid injections and massage chiropractic Dr. M. Leahy, life still a living hell 2005 diagnosis finally as grade 5 annular tear (hmo's suck) 1 month later - SED Dr. A Yeung (better but not full recovery) 2011 re-injured (major disc pain returned, fighting it) 2012 re-injured again (major disc pain, now slight leg pain) 2013 april 17, M6 L5/S1 Dr. Clavel 
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#52
04-30-2014, 05:00 PM
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Released today
Did well. Surgery went longer than expected. My AD had slipped out to the point of pressing on my esophagus and there was some damage to that. There was also a lot more damage around the disc than he thought.
Last night was rough, they had a hard time stabilizing my blood pressure it was running around 81/48 and my pulse was in the low 40's. So I didn't really sleep at all but this morning I was up in the 90's/60's and my pulse was in the 60's so I was able to go home.
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Lauren - 36 Mother of 2 - 7yr old Daughter and 4yr old Son Married for 8 years 2005 - Double discectomy w/ fusion and cadaver bone at levels C5 & C6 2010 - ADR at level c4 2014 - ADR revision w/ Fusion & cadaver bones at C4
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#53
04-30-2014, 05:56 PM
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Great news, keep us updated
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Born 1970/1995-Hurt at work/1996-Right disc fragment L4-L5 discectomy-On/off back pain,no serious leg pain until/2007-Right herniation L5-S1,recurrent small herniation at L4-L5 with unbearable leg pain/6/08 discectomy L5-S1/leg pain relieved/occaisional mechanical pain/2012-Cymblata 60 mg,occasional aleve/2014-LB pain not debilitating but chronic,Rhizotomy relieves facet pain on right side/2015-L4-S1 facets shot/4/15 PLIF L4-S1 with facectomy
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#54
05-01-2014, 08:38 AM
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Congratulations on getting past this. You've been through cervical surgery an unfortunate number of times previously, so you've got a very good idea of what's to come.
Did you wake up with the explanted ADR in your hand? (If mine ever have to come out, I'm going to want them back too) Good luck, Jeff
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C4/5 - ACDF in 2000 C5/6 - ACDF in 2002 C3/4 & C6/7 - M6 ADR, Nov 2009, Barcelona Conceded defeat to a manifestly disingenuous BCBS-TX in my quest for reimbursement, Jan 2011
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#55
06-20-2014, 02:33 PM
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Just wanted to check in
Yes they gave it back to me LMAO And this surgery is 100% worse than the other 2 ... But each day I get a little better 
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Lauren - 36 Mother of 2 - 7yr old Daughter and 4yr old Son Married for 8 years 2005 - Double discectomy w/ fusion and cadaver bone at levels C5 & C6 2010 - ADR at level c4 2014 - ADR revision w/ Fusion & cadaver bones at C4
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#56
06-21-2014, 10:16 AM
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Good you are doing better
Sorry you had to go through this...,
every time I hear about a failure or something going wrong with an ADR, it is a ProDisc, this is what you had, Correct? Hopefully, you can move on now. 
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Jerry, Somewhere Ohio L2-3 herniation, two days before Thanksgiving, 2012, Discectomy/Laminectomy, 3/13 Numbness in the right leg, lateral femoral, gone, July 10, 2014 L45 M6 ADR, July 15 PLIF L5-S1, Not able to access L51 Anterior.
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#57
06-21-2014, 11:11 PM
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Jerry - yes it was ProDisc
I am hoping, this will be it. Unfortunately I do have a bulging disc C7 which is level below my first fusion. So we may have to revisit that one in the future But thank you for the well wishes 
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Lauren - 36 Mother of 2 - 7yr old Daughter and 4yr old Son Married for 8 years 2005 - Double discectomy w/ fusion and cadaver bone at levels C5 & C6 2010 - ADR at level c4 2014 - ADR revision w/ Fusion & cadaver bones at C4
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#58
06-22-2014, 10:36 AM
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Lauren,
Don't worry about a bulging disc (provided there are no symptoms). My surgeon told me that most adults have a bulging disc somewhere in their spine. It's just part of the normal aging process. I have a bulge at C5/C6, which is below two levels of fusion C3/C5. It's not causing any symptoms and hopefully never will. When I was considering ADR due to symptoms the result of C6/C7, 3 out 4 European surgeons recommended ADR for both C5/C6 and C6/C7 (Mr. Dare, Ritter-Lang, and Biestedt. Clavel was the only one who suggested I could wait on C5/C6, but may have to address it in the future). I'm glad I listened to my NYC surgeon and got an endoscopic foraminotomy at C6/C7, covered 100% by insurance. I feel 1,000 times better and keep my fingers crossed that I don't ever need cervical spine surgery again. My fingers are crossed for you too!! Gene
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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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#59
06-22-2014, 03:11 PM
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Lauren,
I know the ProDisc on the coffee table has got to make for some great party conversations. Congratulations and keep on chugging along. Jeff
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C4/5 - ACDF in 2000 C5/6 - ACDF in 2002 C3/4 & C6/7 - M6 ADR, Nov 2009, Barcelona Conceded defeat to a manifestly disingenuous BCBS-TX in my quest for reimbursement, Jan 2011
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#60
06-23-2014, 09:46 PM
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Jeff - the OR nurse actually dug through 5 bags of waste from my surgery to find it LMAO
My Dr told her "I know she will want to keep that little bad boy, so lets make sure we get it for her" LOL
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Lauren - 36 Mother of 2 - 7yr old Daughter and 4yr old Son Married for 8 years 2005 - Double discectomy w/ fusion and cadaver bone at levels C5 & C6 2010 - ADR at level c4 2014 - ADR revision w/ Fusion & cadaver bones at C4
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