Waiting to hear back
Thanks all for your comments. I'm waiting to hear from the Dr., to see if I'm a candidate for the Autologous Disc Stem Cell transplant. I'm going to ask him about ADR.
In the meantime, I've been trying to find out:
1. Do Grade 5 Annular tears would ever heal on their own?
2. Will taking Vicodin twice a day for weeks be harmful?
No other pain Meds help me... And they don't even make me loopy, they just help me carry on my daily living activities. :-(
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Deb
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1988 diagnosed with DDD, bulging
2012 trauma lumbar following yard work
Nov 2012 MRI Bulging discs L4,5, S1
Mild stenosis
Dec-Jan PT
Jan 2013 Discogram
Results Level 5 Annular tears L3-4, L4-5 and L5-S1
Need 3 disc fusion
Facet Joints injections, March 2013- no relief
Transform.., Epidural Injections 4-23-13 Right L2-3 No relief
2nd ESI 5-14-13 L3-4, L4-5, L5-S1 No relief ugh.
ADR L3-4, L4-5, Fusion L5-S1 Fusion Dr.Blumenthal TBI July, 2013
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