I think for sure the neighbor disc does suffer the most, but it does affect sometimes other levels too! Just one good thing is that as we age, the disc start loosing movement and therefore pain level can diminish (similar to a natural fusion process). That might be happening with my L4 L5 disc, which does cause me some pain, but less then it did a couple of years ago (usually it happens after 40..). Some doctors gave me this information a long time ago. First I didn't believe but now it might be happening. Hope it helps...
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Diagnose with DDD at 21, L5-S1, Fusion in 1999 at L5-S1, L 2-L3, C5-C6 and in 2011 at T1-T2 Cervical 1 level ADR (C6-C7) March 2017 Dr Clavel
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