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Greetings all!
I've been busy with life lately, hence my not posting in some time. Awaiting my next bone density test, to see if I will qualify for ADR. Keeping up with my exercise and hanging in my inversion machine to continue to mitigate the pain as much as possible. Motrin as needed, usually after a few hours of work, so I'm usually on about 50% duty. Patience is a virtue...
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03/09/26 - Ruptured L5-S1. Years of pain, discectomy, research into anatomy, hardware, clinical trials, facilities, surgeons, techniques, insurance. Attempts at ProDisc, Activ-L trials. Now, low bone density. D'oh!!! At 61 years, no longer qualifying for trials due to my age (chronological, not physical or mental). 2009 - Working on improving bone density or getting rich so I can go to Germany, where medicine and insurance have gone beyond the Stone Age. |
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Rein,
By now, of course, I noticed your posts. Thanks for letting us know what your spine world is all about in terms of the latest news (sorry). ![]() Looking ahead, do you see fusion as an OK option for you? If your T scores (bone density) are borderline, what will you do? Also, what dietary changes have you made in effort to change the bone densities? Lastly, do you know if your osteopenia/porosis is localized? Or is it limited to certain levels in your lumbar spine? I have a question for you and others: if bone densities throughout the body are healthy and consistent, but not in certain areas of the spine, what does mean in terms of both diagnosis & treatment? And can any dietary, supplemental or pharma drugs change this localized condition? I think this is an important question.
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"Harrison" - info (at) adrsupport.org Fell on my ***winter 2003, Canceled fusion April 6 2004 Reborn June 25th, 2004, L5-S1 ADR Charite in Boston Founder & moderator of ADRSupport - 2004 Founder Arthroplasty Patient Foundation a 501(c)(3) - 2006 Creator & producer, Why Am I Still Sick? - 2012 Donate www.arthropatient.org/about/donate |
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