Regarding going overseas
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Originally Posted by t.hynes31
I had looked into going oversea's, my main concern with that is, If I go, and come back to the states. What happens if something fails? Or the ADR is defective? My insurance will not cover any injuries after a "Foreign" surgery.
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Tiffany, the majority of people who go overseas are willing to do so because they are suffering and want their life back. Most who go there do so without any expectation of insurance coverage from home. Since most of the European doctors mentioned on this board have close to a 95% success rate, future insurance coverage at home is the least of their concerns. Furthermore, most of these doctors offer insurance of their own in case something goes wrong.
I was all prepared to go overseas myself. However, the spine surgeon who performed my previous fusion offered me a minimally-invasive procedure that could be done by him in NYC and be fully covered by insurance. He also assured me that ADR was still possible in the future on the small chance that I had future issues.
Gene
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Car Accident 2002 - Small Herniated Disc C3/C4
1998 Larger Herniation and Cervical Fusion C3/C4
2005 Herniation C4/C5 - 40 epidural steroid injections from Oct 2005, - Oct, 2007
2008 - Foraminotomy at C6/C7 on left side
Feb, 2010 - Cervical Fusion C4/C5
Dec, 2010 - Lumbar Fusion L3/L5
2013 - Bulge on C5/C6; herniation C6/C7 right side
Mar 26, 2013 - Foraminotomy at C6/C7 on right side
May 5, 2015 - ADR with Dr Blumenthal of TBI for C5/C6 using Mobi-C
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