David,
Hi I am a newbie to the site also but definately not a newbie to back pain and I see you are not either.
You are more fortunate then you realize. Being in the Columbus, OH area you are real close to one of the clinical investigators of the Charite Disk trials. His name is Dr. Bradford Mullin, I would get in touch with him about your situation. He will have more experience with the procedure since he was involved in the US trials.
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*10 plus years of back pain
*'99 first MRI shows L4-5 bulge
*'04 MRI shows L4-5 grade 3 annular tear & rupture with moderate DDD
*'05 Discogram shows concordant pain at L4-5
*8/18/05 scheduled ADR surgery participant in Kineflex/Charite study
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