What kills me is this American attitude (by both non-ADR surgeons and people alike), "Just give it time, it might get better" or "Why do you want to get cut open?" In my case, I am not in excruciating pain at the moment. However, I had that pain at C3/C4 and C4/C5 prior to their respective fusions. Now I have a herniation a C5/C6 which is getting worse. Sorry, been there done that. I don't believe in doing nothing. I found it interesting that the radiologist report of my MRI indicated that C5/C6 was impinging on the spinal cord. Yet a spine surgeon who I saw recently who didn't perform ADR suggested that this wasn't the case (not pressing against spinal cord). I don't know if this surgeon is blind, but I'll go with the radiologist's report. That's their specialty. My late father happened to be one (a radiologist). All that matters is that my family is on board as is Dr. Blumenthal.
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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