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  #31  
Old 04-28-2015, 04:07 PM
drewrad drewrad is offline
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Join Date: Jan 2014
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Did you not get the new one? Curious. Let me know.
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Weightlifter since 12 years old, now mid-40's and figuring out this wasn't such a good idea.

Chronic back pain started in 2010 while shrugging weights that a 40 yr. old shouldn't even try.

MRI in 2012 showing L4/L5, L5/S1 herniations and L2/L3 bulge.

L5/S1 taking on new shape, chronic sciatica, etc.

DEXA bone scan performed 5/7/14 showing mild osteopenia.

Surgery performed July 9th, 2014, Dr Clavel, hybrid three level lumbar.
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Old 04-29-2015, 11:14 AM
Wombatcat76 Wombatcat76 is offline
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Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 8
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Drewrad,
I thought I had updated my disc info.,Sorry!
I did not get the new SK M6, I think it was a sizing issue.
I have a 10mm medium 10" M6 & a 10mm medium 6" M6 at L5,S1 & L4-5.
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Nov.2000-Car accident resulted herniated disc.& in discovery of DDD.
10 years of pain management: Numerous injections, PT, Chiro, etc..
Dec.2010-Emergency Microdisectomy, resulting in left leg nerve damage and 6mos. rehab.
Last 18mos. increased flair-ups and leg pain.
Not interested in fusion, actively seeking better quality of life.
At present constant pain with daily activities.
Need 2-level adr L4-L5, L5-S1, just turned 38.
Surgery with Dr. Pablo Clavel, 3/25/2015, 2-level
L4-L5-S1.
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  #33  
Old 04-30-2015, 03:39 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2012
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I went to PT once for my neck and all they did was give me stretching exercises for my neck. I asked them about my back, now and after I have L3-5 replaced and they said it would be more stretching to loosen and elongate the muscles etc to accommodate the new disk height you now have. They said with the ADR, the motion is there, so all they do is move your head or hips around. You did have sessions with Laia, right. They don't do that here, which is a shame, because she was very good. While I was there, I got her to do my back a couple of times, and I went right to the flexibility I had before my accident.
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1979 car accident: rear ended
1980 ACDF C4-5
4/8/11 stopped, hit again
3 epidurals, PT, 2 MRI's,etc.
scheduled 3 times for C5-6, 6-7 fusion,
plus laminectomy at C3-4, and C 7, advised to do Bilateral lamino-foraminotomy C5-6, C6-7,a Percutaneous Discectomy L4 -L5
7/14 RFA on L3 to L5 (awake, local only)
C5-6,6-7 M-6 ADR with Dr. Clavel 9/17/14,
12/7/15 RFA L2-S1, Facet injections C2-7
6/3/16 RFA L2-S1, epidural L4,5, 8/26/16 RFA C1-7
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Old 06-01-2015, 10:31 AM
Wombatcat76 Wombatcat76 is offline
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Join Date: Dec 2014
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I know it been a while since my last post but I wanted to update everyone on my recovery. In a nut shell, it's slow. I feel great no pain just some stiffness at times. As I mentioned before I saw my ADR dr. here on April 30th thinking he was going to start my PT, but instead he wanted the bone to hear around the keels of the implants a little more. So, I saw him again three weeks later on May 21st, and he ordered 6 weeks of PT, and will review everything after those 6weeks for me to go back to work. So, I'll have been out of work for what March 21st - mid July, 14 weeks. Maybe he's being overly cautious an/or I'm stir crazy, not sure. I do not have an office desk job, and as a stylist my job is physical but controllable. My sleep is better, so the tiredness is getting better. I feel normal again for the first time in a decade and I know it sounds like I'm complaining but honestly I couldn't be happier. I just do not want to run my business into the ground. Nothing you guys can help with there but it seems my progress from Dr. Clavel does not match my continued care from my ADR Dr. here stateside.
has anyone else run into this issue? Or, has anyone had any hiccups that extended their recovery time? Anyone willing to share, it would be greatly appreciated.
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Nov.2000-Car accident resulted herniated disc.& in discovery of DDD.
10 years of pain management: Numerous injections, PT, Chiro, etc..
Dec.2010-Emergency Microdisectomy, resulting in left leg nerve damage and 6mos. rehab.
Last 18mos. increased flair-ups and leg pain.
Not interested in fusion, actively seeking better quality of life.
At present constant pain with daily activities.
Need 2-level adr L4-L5, L5-S1, just turned 38.
Surgery with Dr. Pablo Clavel, 3/25/2015, 2-level
L4-L5-S1.
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Old 06-01-2015, 10:05 PM
Cheryl0331 Cheryl0331 is offline
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 890
Default Hello Wombatcat

What do you mean by "Nothing you guys can help with there but it seems my progress from Dr. Clavel does not match my continued care from my ADR Dr. here stateside. " Are you having a correspondence issue with Clavel's office? I know it's slow going at time due to time dif., inquiry, patient load...How are you feeling now? It been just 4 weeks for me today; mine was cervical.
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54 yr old female 5'7" 147 lbs. non-smoker conservative treatments failed
2007 fusion @ C4-6 peek cages, failed due to long term use of cox-2 inhibitor
2008 revised C4-6 donor bone, plate & screws
2009 fusion with Roi-C @ C3-4
2015 MRI & CT mjr ddd @ C6-7, segmental kyphosis at C7-T1, 2-level M6-C prosthesis by Dr. Clavel Barcelona Spain
2019 H.O. formed behind M6-C @ C6-7 left nerve rt & in spinal canal.
2020 Revision C6-7 to a CP-ESP prosthesis by Dr. Schmitz Dusseldorf Germany
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