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Hello there! I feel your pain, I go back and forth constantly. On my good days it's very easy to say I don't need surgery but then I remember I can't go back to work like this either. I've been out for about 5months this time (I've also had previous episodes, about once a year but they have got better with rest and mechanical decompression, not really working this time). You have the advantage that you only have one damaged disc (I've never seen a L6S1 by the way!) so your chances at recovery are most likely great! See, my initial injury was almost 10 years ago and I wished I had got an MRI back then because now I don't know if both discs were injured back then or if it wasn't only one disc and it progressively started affecting the second disc or if both discs were injured from the get go. No i will never know! My current goal is to work on my physician fitness and get in the best shape I can possibly can since I'm still able to workout and see if it gets better. If it doesn't, at least I'll be in good shape for recovery after surgery. Good luck to you!!
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Hum, and yes, if is impacting your work in such a manner, then surgery might be the option to go (If I couldn't work, I would definitely look for surgery). I would talk to at least 2 surgeons (3 is my benchmark), would look at outcomes from the extensive resource that this forum offers us, ask questions to the most experienced members and do it! And yes, my L4-L5 facets are already bad enough not to be able to do an ADR at that level and I am 43 (I wouldn't do it anyway since my pain is very very manageable currently), but yes for ADR candidates it seems that the better your natural disc at the time of the surgery the more options you have to fix it! Best of luck!
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Diagnose with DDD at 21, L5-S1, Fusion in 1999 at L5-S1, L 2-L3, C5-C6 and in 2011 at T1-T2 Cervical 1 level ADR (C6-C7) March 2017 Dr Clavel |
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Hi Andreh, my ADR surgeon speak the same words as if your facets are no good or not normal then dont take any chances to do ADR. As you will face a revision to fusion later. I was given ADR but after he look into my facets and said it might give me problem down the road so i have to decide myself. I guess if you do a bone scan you can find out from there. Don't take more risk rather spend more time finding a better solution as once you under go operation and it cannot be undone.
Hi badbackbeauty, sound like we are in the same boat. Ya i have an extra vertebrae which is L6 so it is not common. I agree no matter our conservative treatment is long and unsuccessful in the later stage. We will still have the best outcome after surgery as we have the best shape in condition when we went in. I currently doing rehabs more on core strength and lots of walk. I try not to lift anything heavier than 3kg and hope it will heal with some good scare tissue. I had injure the same place 3 times so my goal will hope be back to 75% my old normal. If i can't reach there, then i will go for surgery. I think we need to give a fair time like a year but i will try to give more and see if i am still having problem with my normal life. It is hard to decide when you start to feel better and people around you feel the same. It is really tough road but we still have the last option SURGERY !!! Dont throw the towel yet !!!! |
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