Forum: The Big File
07-27-2009, 12:22 AM
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Replies: 14
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Sorry about your loss.
I have had a few surgeries and my hound really helps. Cathy, I wish you well during this rough stretch. Hang in there.
PS. I'm having fusion instead of the agreed upon ADR @ C3/4 this week. My Dr....
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Forum: The Big File
05-31-2009, 06:34 PM
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Replies: 1
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Scheduled for Prestige ADR this Friday in LA
Hello :o,
Well I've made the decision to ADR C3/4 segment after 8 months of numbness and back and forth with 5 neruos and a failed frominotomy last February. I am not a candidate for prodisc-C...
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Forum: The Big File
05-20-2009, 12:30 AM
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Replies: 4
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My doc has the opposite device planned for me.
WHat other symptoms?
I have to get a single level prestige. I notice auditory changes and general lightheadedness with my stenosis. But the Dr.s don't confirm this. I cant wait to get this pinched...
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Forum: New Member Introductions
03-11-2009, 12:41 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,589
5 weeks out of framinotomy C3&4
Well had my 5 week checkup today with my local (santa Barbara) nuerosurgeon. The 1" surgery site is healing nicely. A little pain up towards the jaw. But.......
My sensory nerve is just as bad if...
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Forum: New Member Introductions
01-27-2009, 09:08 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,589
Made My decision - Nerve decompression
Hopefully I can get this nerve pain done with minimally invasive forminotomy.
My surgeon is going in the front. Is that the preferred way? There is another neuro who will go in posteriorly. I have...
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Forum: The Big File
01-19-2009, 02:38 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 7,470
foot
Hi, I had a simillar series of shots (7)that removed the neuroma (from a pinched nerve) but this did not relieve the pain. It is now on top of the same foot, near where the shots entered. My...
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Forum: New Member Introductions
01-11-2009, 02:15 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,589
My left elbow has the nerve entrapment.
My right shoulder has the nerve numbness extending to only my shoulder. because C3C4 do not radiate down the arm. Perhaps Dr. Regan is recommending the prodisc-C because I do have DDD in many other...
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Forum: The Big File
01-11-2009, 12:25 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 29,476
Groin/ hip pain,
Hi, I had femoral neck debridement of both of my hips Dr. Guanche SO Cal. i had groin pin and got a dyed MRI showing laral tears. Instead of hip replacement I had my hips arthroscopically cleaned out...
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Forum: New Member Introductions
01-11-2009, 12:12 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,589
Still trying to decide
Well I have been to all 3 neuros here in my town. Looks like a posterior approach framinotomy to remove bone around the spur is what they offer. I have moderate stenosis and numbness in shoulder. C3...
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Forum: New Member Introductions
11-05-2008, 11:39 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,999
HI Sabrina
Welcome the forum I just joined today, as well.
Quite alot to read here. I live in Santa Barbara and am coming down to Santa Monica to get evaluated. By the end of the month I should have some...
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Forum: New Member Introductions
11-05-2008, 02:34 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,589
Hi, Newly diagnosed C3&C4 nerve impingment
Hello and thanks alot for this great forum. I am a 53yr old male with a newly diagnosed (3 months ago) neck probelm. I haven't had any cervical surgery yet.
My MRI and xrays show an "unusally...
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