cmac,
I hate to be the one to perhaps pour cold water on your enthusiasm for your upcoming ADR, but I feel I just have to comment.
It has only been 4 months since your MVA. I too had similar injuries as you and was recommended by 4 surgeons to have a discectomy/fusion or ADR.
I was also told to wait as long as possible before submitting to either of these procedures as herniations/bulges can take up to 2 years to heal on their own without the need for surgery.
Well around the 22 month mark, I noticed I was late taking my Neurontin a number of times and decided I would titrate myself off to see if I actually WAS getting better. Low and behold I was. I have managed to titrate myself completely off Neurontin 1200mg for just on 16 months now.
I still have pain, but it is handleable. I do have some other issues I am trying to work out with this injury.
I just wonder if you should perhaps wait a little longer before submitting to surgery. If you are showing major neurological deficits, where you health and safety are of immediate concern, then this would be a different story and surgery would be an emergency.
Should you still go ahead on May 6th, I wish you all the best.
Hucky
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MVA April 2003
Xray shows bulge on C6/7 and L5/S1 - put down to my natural aging.
CT shows bulge
Treated for whiplash, PT, Accupuncture, Massage symptoms predominatly on left hand side. No relief.
Aug 04 C6/7 ruptures. MRI shows no deteriorat
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