Been bumped up to five levels with a sixth T level 'in waiting'. Need emergency surgery in the cervical level, C5/6, with a hybrid going in at C4/5 & 5/6. S3/4 has escalated enough to need ADR now too and so will have fusion at S5/S1 and L4/5.
Things are getting better and better 
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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.
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