Thanks for the feedback! Dr. Raabe at Azalea Ortho in Tyler Tx is my specialist. He has a great reputation but i'm not sure how many procedures he has done. His demeanor suggested it's going to be a walk in the park. He seems confident in his decision. I asked him about a multilevel ADR and he mentioned FDA. He didn't say anything about facet problems, at the time I would not have know what he was talking about had he mentioned facets.
If one were to look it this like it were a financial investment, I would be getting some diversification with a hybrid procedure. Its going to be interesting to see how long the Prodisc will last, as well as the rest of my back. I am concerned about loosing flexibility with a fusion and putting stress on surrounding discs.
Things are moving awful fast now after having surgery scheduled in February!
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32 years old, have experience back pain most of my adult life. The pain has been progressively getting worse. I enjoy watersports (wakeboarding)
MRI 9/11, Discogram 12/11
Surgery scheduled 2/10/12
Ruptured disc @ 4/5 ADR
Herniated @ 3/4 Fusion
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