[Dema]

Reposting this as I posted it originally under Kelly's Post Surgery by mistake!

Hi Sewing Violinist, I am sorry about your suffering and pray that you will find the right procedure & treatment to help you get some relief from your pain symptoms.
In my quest to find a solution to my cervical problems, several spine specialist told me that though I have multi-level issues (C3-C7), that a significant percentage of people over 40 would show problems in their MRI's, but would be asymptomatic & have no pain to complain about. So it is important to identify the specific levels that are contributing to my pain symptoms, and try to fix those only. Of course, there is a risk that the other bad levels will degenerate further in time, and may start causing pain and require future surgeries! Insurance in the US only approved the Mobi-C for 2-level ADR, and as some of our friends in this site have showed, it is not easy to get the insurance to cover multi-level surgeries. The other option here in the US for mutli-levels, is hybrid (ADR & Fusion). From the tens of US based spine specialist that I have contacted, I would do the surgery with Dr. Lauryssen or Dr. Wohns, but I am leaning toward the M6 and will need to go to Europe for that, unless the FDA approves the M6 in next few weeks!
Finally, if you do any diagnostic procedures to identify the specific levels responsible for your pain symptoms, please be careful selecting the right doctor to perform this. As I was 2 weeks from surgery (M6 ADR scheduled for 3/13/2014) in UK and the Dr. performing a C6 nerve root block here in USA injured the spinal cord, and the surgeon could not operate until the cord heals (still waiting!).
Dema & Raouf (husband)