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Old 11-27-2018, 04:02 PM
leipan71 leipan71 is offline
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Hi, everyone, I am so excited to find this online forum. My name is Lei and I have a history of 30 years of lower back pain with DDD, and now I have two bulging discs and annular tear at both L4-L5 and L5-S1. I have tried many non surgical ways for healing. Now at the age of 47 and lying down most of the time on couch to avoid pain, I am coming to the point of finding a doctor who can fix my back surgically.


I had a consultation with Dr Guyer at Texas Back Institute last Tuesday. He told me that I need a two level ADR. He says that it costs around $50,000 because my insurance Aetna won't pay for it. He also says that if money is the issue, I can do fusion at L5-S1 and one ADR at L4-L5 and it will cost the half.


I have read lots of reviews about Dr. Bertagnoli online but can hardly find many reviews about Dr. Guyer in the field of ADR. I wonder whether anyone here has done surgery with him and how does it work for you?


Thank you so much!
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started to have back pain at age of 18
DDD at L5-S1 at age of 23 in 1993
bulding discs and disc tear at L4-L5 and L5-S1 in 2017
DiscSeel procedure at L3-S1 in Feb 2018 (no help)
considering ADR at L4-L5 and L5-S1
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