Jessica,
I had the weakness and nerve damage in my left arm and side prior to two new ProDisc ADR's at C5/6 and C6/7 in January 2005 in Bogen, Germany by Dr. Bertagnoli. Who is your doctor here in the States who has evaluated you and is it he/she that has suggested waiting the 6 months? If not, I would get another opinion from one of the better spine surgeons here in the States that has a lot of experience with cervical disk replacement. There are a number of really good ones. If there is nerve damage going on, waiting for 6 months seems like a long time unless they have a really good reason to think it could heal naturally. That obviously would be preferable to surgery. But I have ADRs at 4 levels and that can be a great thing too. Dr. B. is great, but I only went to Germany because I could not get 2 levels done here at the time. There are some really good docs here in the States, also.
Wishing you a speedy resolution,
Linda
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Linda
10-02 - ProDiscs L4/5 and L5/S1 - FDA study - disks placed incorrectly which
caused problem at L3/4 and L2/3
01-05 - ProDiscs at C5/6 and C6/7 in Germany - seems to be working fine so far
Bedbound from 09-06 until 10-08 due to severe pain and weakness
09-08 - Had Fibrin sealant done at L3/4 and L2/3 After 6 weeks - much success!
Hoping and praying that the lumbar revision surgery that was scheduled with Dr. Regan
can be indefinitely postponed
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