Dreward - I am so happy you posted these questions as well. Sometimes reading this forum scares me on the choice I'm about to make but to be honest I really am impressed by my surgeon and I feel confident in his abilities.
I am a 54 year old women who is 5'6" and weigh 130 pounds. I am seeing a surgeon in the states and just fought insurance with three appeals until I finally won to get the artificial disc replacement. My surgeon is Dr. Kenneth Pettine and he will perform the surgery in a few weeks. I am getting the Pro-disc L due to my size on the C5, C6, C7 and L5-S1. I do currently have several other opinions coming in from other doctors abroad and will see if they agree with his diagnosis. I don't have any plans to go abroad as I can not afford to pay 50K or more for this surgery and from all the previous patients I know who have had similar surgeries on them rave about him however, some folks on this board really don't give me a warm fuzzy. I will keep you posted when I hear back from the other surgeons to see if they are on the same page. In the meantime, I look forward to hearing from others.
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1998- Injured neck and back in USAF
2011 - Started experiencing Severe Symptoms, Migranes, numbness, spasms in legs and feet and sciatica.
Feb 2014 - Received upper Lumbar Injection - Severe Allergy to injection
Mar 2014 - MRI of Cervical and Lumbar, protruding disc in C3-7, Herniated Disc in L5/S1, placed on STD and FMLA )
July 2014 - Stem Cell Procedure performed
Oct 20, 2014 - ADR (MOBI-C) at C5-7 and Anterior Fusion at L5/S1 by Dr. Pettine and Dr. Techy
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