Good news for me, I think
 

I'm glad to hear this, because I'm probably going to have my surgery with him.

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No way!! Hmmm I asked to talk to him directly. He's a nice guy easy to talk to explains things well. No charge talked for an hour. I'm prob gonna go with him what's new mike???

Yeah. We are dropping 80k and getting less than 20k of that back!

Oh well. On the brighter side, how much would *you* pay to stay out of a wheelchair?

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Your right bout that no price. Don't worry your gonna feel like a million bucks

Well, when you put it that way, who can possibly complain? Spend 80k to feel like a million? AND get some of it back? That is quite the bargain!

Boxer78, I'm so happy for you that you finally get answers, was good talking to you!

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Thx everyone this site may have saved my life as I was going literally insane. Now I just have to get clavels opinion (if they ever get back to me) then make my decision. Still super scary but no other choice.

Well the latest news is that I had a one hour consultation with Dr Clavel by Skype 2 weeks ago. He is very confident that he can perform the 2 level ADR without any issues. My only issue is coming up with the 40k! I have not reached out to Dr Bierstedt lately as my main contact there is Malte and he was traveling out of country. My mind is fairly made up but I suppose I should compare both options. The after care with Dr Bierstedt seems more complete as you are in a hotel connected to the physical therapy office. Have you made a decision yet? It is not easy.

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Yea def follow up with bierstedt. Tell malte u have specific questions for the dr. I really like bierstedt and am getting tired of clavels office losing paperwork keeping me waiting for almost 2 weeks now! I've come to terms with the fact that I'm gonna have to do this but want as many opinions as possible. What did malte tell you exactly??

Now between Mr Dare and Dr Bierstedt
 

I'm reading this thread and I just heard from Mr. Dare He has the same surgical opinion as Dr. Bierstedt. I still need to receive the costs of surgery from Mr Dare. I should learn about this tomorrow (Thursday, March 7th). In my communications with both surgeons, Mr. Dare seems to be easygoing, almost a little too much so. However, I don't have all the details as of yet. I like the fact that Dr. Bierstedt wants me to go for 5 days of therapy after the hospital release, since one of my ADR's would be on a level directly below a fusion. I welcome any thoughts, especially from anyone whose used Mr. Dare.