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Old 11-02-2010, 12:43 PM
kruse1234 kruse1234 is offline
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Default Hoping new Ortho Doctor can help me.

Thanks for your concern and help. I have not got any answers yet. I found an Ortho Doctor at that the same hospital I had my neck fusion in May and I am seeing him on Nov. 10th. His name is Dr. David S. Raskas and all I know is that he does disc replacement so I am hoping he would be wiling to take mine out and just do a fusion if that is what he thinks would help me. The problem I am going to have is to find a Doctor where I live that would even be willing to attemp a difficult surgery. Even my neck surgion does not want to do it. I'm hoping to get some and I hope I won't have to suffer to long. Im on 120mg of avinza (up from 60) and most of the time it isn't adequate or sufficent in controlling the pain. My pain specialist doesn't want to try anything else and I know from 10 years of being under care of a few pain management Dr's that she could be doing more. So I called and made an emergency app. with the neck surgon to see if he understands the nature of the high degree of pain im experience at least give me something for breakthrough pain until I can get establish somewhere else.

Yes I do some searching here but I'm so uncomfratable i can't stay online to long (like right now). Maybe you can point me in the right direction. I was thinking that I might get some line on Dr's here and maybe there would be one that is close that has done revision surgeries.

Wish me luck!
Thanks,
Ken
P.S. what a mess
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1996 - Started having tingling in left foot. MRI report DDD L3-S1,small herniation L5-S1. Disc bulge L3-L4 and L4-l5
2000 - diagnosed fybromyalgia,chronic pain
2001 - IDET l5-s1
2005 - neucleoplasty l4-l5
2005 - Charite III - disc replacement l5-s1
2005 - Diagnosed Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
2009 - Diagnosed with Ehlers Danlo Syndrome
2010 - Cervical fusion c5-c7
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