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Old 03-08-2012, 06:35 PM
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Just a thought here: it's not looking like your disks are too dessicated on the MRI. I'm no expert at reading them but that's the impression I got from them. If you respond to prolotherapy, you might also respond to stem cell and stem cell-like treatments. There's a few places that are looking at cultured stem cells for injection into an intact or mostly intact annulus. If the rupture at L34 is mostly healed and you now have a reasonably intact annulus, that might work for you and hold off the need for ADR/fusion. Regenexx is one I might try looking at, even though their office staff is less than impressive.
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Laura - L5S1 Charitee
C5/6 and 6/7 Prodisc C
Facet problems L4-S1
General joint hypermobility

Jim - C4/5, C5/6, L4/5 disk bulges and facet damage, L4/5 disk tears, currently using regenerative medicine to address

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