hey everone... I'm 4 weeks post op and had 2 Activ-L's separated by a Pro-Disc at S1/L5, L5/L4, and L4/L3. Everything went great and I was up walking the halls within 12 hours of the surgery. I'm now doing physical therapy augmented by trips to the gym for stationary bike, lots of stretching, and some upper body work on the Cybex machines that I can safely use.

My journey to Germany and Dr. Bertagnoli at Pro-Spine started with Dr. Rolando Garcia in Florida and progressed to Dr. Jim Yue at Yale.

Congrats, glad you are doing well.

It sounds as if you're making huge progress Doug G just try and not do too much. Try and break things down into small portions
Best,
Alastair http://adrsupport.org/groupee_common...icon_smile.gif

Hey Doug, I'm new here and I just read your message from March 7th. Congratulations on your surgery. I hope all is still going well. I am researching the ADR (Prodisc & Maverick). I herniated L4, L5 a year ago August. Since then I have had two discectomies and now needd a fusion. I about can't stand the pain, but the thought of having another fusion(I hd L5, S1 fused ten years ago) scares the crap out of me. My surgeon does not do ADRs. You mentioned that you first saw Dr. Garcia who is somewhere here in Florida, then to Dr. Yue, and finally Dr. Bertagnoli in Germany. Could you give me a bit more information? However, I am a work comp patient, so I don't know if I have the same possibilities as you did. Hope all is still going well.