I just wrote up a lengthy reply and accidentally touched something on my computer, and it erased it all.
Oh well, condensed: A doctor two years ago recommended a two level adr. Now I have four level ddd, but after a four lvl discogram, Dr. Blumenthal recommended only one level, but I think he forgot about my MRI and only based his decision on the discogram.
I have narrowed foramens, will the ADR open the neural foramen space up at thet level, or do I also need a foramenotomy?
Also, I think I need a foramenotomy at C3-4, which one doctor said, and I have pain there.
I am concerned about the future of my other discs too, and whether scar tissue from this surgery will make future surgery more difficult and danger for me (scarring of carotid, vagus nerve, etc.)
Any insights would be gratefully received.
I am schedule for surger in 10 days.