View Single Post
  #21  
Old 05-11-2009, 04:47 PM
Maddie Maddie is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 138
Default

I've been to a spine doctor who has a teaching position at a medical school, and when I asked about ADR he told me that 'you're not a car, you can't go around putting in spare parts, you know'. When I pointed out that they do knee and hip replacement, he said that they 'have had some success with that, I suppose'

He knew nothing about it, and told me it was the most ludicrous thing he ever heard of.

So yes, we often know more than these high priced 'experts'. Sometimes it doesn't take much.........

Sorry for the sarcasm...I'm having a rough day, red tape wise.
__________________
C3/4-5/6- Mod. ant., severe posterior bulging w. nerve root compression. Sev. narrowing of spinal canal with cord compression.

L4/5/S1- Mod. narrowing, bulging disc, significant hypertrophy of flava lig.

Highly allergic to all metals.

NEW: 3/16/2010: Successful surgery in Brazil w. Dr. Pimenta; Nuvasive NeoDisc at C5/6, and XLIF & ALIF at L4/5/S1 w. PEEK cages. No rods, screws, plates. Non-metal lumbar ADR not available at present time, so went with fusion.
Reply With Quote