Met with Dr. Blumenthal today. Cool guy. Told me I'm a candidate for ActivL ADR at L5-S1. So I'm scheduled for surgery March 5th. Hopefully it's a smooth operation.
On another note, I asked his opinion on the Axiomed lumbar Freedom disc, since I've heard it's supposed to be getting FDA approval soon. He said it will never get FDA approval because the company ran out of money. And even if it did get approved, he said he'd still use the ActivL over the Freedom disc. He also said that with the company running out of money, all the research data is lost? Not real sure how all that works, but regardless, he wasn't a fan.
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2 August 2017 - Herniated L5/S1 while doing sprints (at age 30)
20 December 2018 - MRI revealed massive L5/S1 extrusion
5 March 2019 - ActivL ADR at Texas Back with Dr. Blumenthal (at age 31)
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