Thanks truckit. I am not a NC native, so I don't exactly know where Henderson county is, but since you say you are in Western NC, then I will assume it is in the mountains.
To answer a few of your questions.
I am 46 yrs. old, and in pretty good health otherwise.
The surgeon wants to use the Prodisc-L. He has also done Charite, but he said he would use Prodisc.
My insurance company will not pay for ADR, so I would have to pay for the disc and that part of the surgery myself. My insurance would pay for the fusion, the anesthesia and all the other costs. He said that my cost would be ~$8000.00 for the ADR, and then my co-pay for the fusion.
My surgeon said that he has done 6-10 ADR, and 20-30 2 level fusions (but now I am going to have to verify if that was in a year or total). He is calling another of his patients, who had this hybrid surgery, to see if I can talk with her. I think this would be great, if I can talk with someone who had the same surgery I'm considering, by the same surgeon.
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