Thanks, Jeff. My neurologist will continue to treat my MS issues regardless of what I do with any surgeries. He is also unaware of any contraindication.
My problem is determining whether the contraindication is real or not. There's no clinical trials to support or contradict the position. Dr. Chapman is a very bright man and I believe he probably sees more MS patients than most other folks. There's no valid reason to doubt him but it bugs me that two ADR hotshots (Dr. Blumenthal at Texas Back Institute and Dr. Bertagnoli) have never heard of such a contraindication.
I haven't cancelled my surgery date but I'm still not sure what to do. Dr. Blumenthal has agreed to evaluate my films so we'll see what comes out of that.
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Brian Whelan - Age 52
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1977 - Diagnosed with Congenital Spondylolisthesis
1981 - Fusion L4-5
1992 - Fractured C4
1995 - First herniated disc discovered
2004 - Diagnosed with MS
2012 - Now have Stenosis, DDD, and C3-4 thru C6-7 with varying degrees of problems. L4-5, L5-6 Fusion recommended. Also learned of ADR.
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