Deem,
I would get multiple opinions now Once you're paralyzed, no money in the world will improve your situation. I would send your MRI's to doctors in both the U.S. and Europe. I wouldn't necessarily rule out fusion. I respectably disagree with your advice Dr. Sober, not to consider fusion. I'm sorry you had a bad experience. I've had fusions at C/3-C/5 and L/3-L/5 and am doing quite well. I'm not pushing fusion either. However, both it as well as ADR should be considered.
Good luck!! My feeling is get opinions now. There's no time to wait.
Gene
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Car Accident 2002 - Small Herniated Disc C3/C4
1998 Larger Herniation and Cervical Fusion C3/C4
2005 Herniation C4/C5 - 40 epidural steroid injections from Oct 2005, - Oct, 2007
2008 - Foraminotomy at C6/C7 on left side
Feb, 2010 - Cervical Fusion C4/C5
Dec, 2010 - Lumbar Fusion L3/L5
2013 - Bulge on C5/C6; herniation C6/C7 right side
Mar 26, 2013 - Foraminotomy at C6/C7 on right side
May 5, 2015 - ADR with Dr Blumenthal of TBI for C5/C6 using Mobi-C
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