cttom, personally, I wouldn't wait for FDA approval for a second level. That could be till the cows come home. You're fortunate that you got one level approved. Many on this board never got any levels approved after exhausting all appeals. I couldn't tell you what one disc costs. Ask your surgeon. He should have an idea. My 3 discs installed, including all costs, was roughly $62,000 in Germany, by Dr. Bertagnoli. Good luck!
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CindyLou
bicycle accident 6/19/01
2 compression fractures, T12, L1;
vertibroplasty @ above levels, 9/15/01
4/06 hip labral tear repair
4/07 Lumbar ProDisc replacement by Dr. B., 3 levels; L3-6
7/2/08 ALIF of L6-S1
7/30/08 Removed bone cement.
8/7/08 Diagnosed with pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, pleurisy, pleural effusion.
3/10/09 right SI Joint Fusion; seeing light at end of tunnel, for first time in 8 years!!
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