ADR,
What you said sounds reasonable. It's not clear which levels you have issues with. You mention some neck pain and back pain, so I'm guessing you have more than one that needs addressing. Since you seem set on Europe, know that for every dollar spent and not reimbursed by insurance, the costs are tax deductible for every dollar spent above 10% of your adjusted gross income (i.e. If you're total AGI is $100,000 per year and you spend $30K on medical costs, you can deduct $20K on Schedule A of your return [10% of $100,000 = $10,000; $30,000 - $10,000 = $20,000] Furthermore, you're not limited to the costs spent overseas. Every dollar spent at home by you or any member of your family (assuming you file one return for your family) for any type of medical related cost unreimbursed by insurance is deductible (i.e. doctor co-pays, prescription co-pays, eyeglasses, hearing aids, mental health, etc). That's the C.P.A. in me speaking.
Best of luck. Many people on here have used Dr. Clavel. However, Lillyth had 6 levels done by him and has wonderful things to say about him. You may want to PM her with specific questions about her experience there.
Cordially,
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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