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03-10-2016, 02:38 AM
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New Member- Need Advice
I am a fit healthy 54 year old with increasing lower back pain and increasingly unhappy with the limits it places on my physical life. Standing is the worst, more than 30 minutes I get in trouble, 1 hour can send spasm/lay me up.
Diagnosed desiccated disk L4,5. w/mild stenosis. I am told I am an ideal candidate for TDR, since single level, my good health and my spine and and all other disks in great shape. My doc does ProDisk. Is my situation severe enough and upside great enough to justify the risk, pain and suffering of an operation of this magnitude? I do desperately want my physical life back I am a very young 54! yet know this is no guarantee....this is a difficult decision!
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Steve ___________________________ 54 year old male 1988 strained lower back lifting heavy package Up to 2014 mild/moderate intermittent lower back pain 2014 2015 more severe/more often recurring Jan 2016 MRI Desicated Disk L4,5 4-5mm buldge, Mild stenosis Single level TDR scheduled Facet Joints injections, March 2016- no relief Decision time 
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03-10-2016, 04:24 PM
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Thank goodness you came here first. Just my opinion, but there are better options than the Prodisc out there now. I would seek out the opinion of others, specifically the international doctors mentioned so often on this site. The US is now offering the Activ L as well, which everyone says is a great disc.
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HIZ tear at l5 s1 with mild disc height reduction and mild dehydration.
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03-10-2016, 09:34 PM
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Do your homework Iamthesj, the surgeon is a heckuva lot more important than the appliance going in IMHO.
I had 3 level ADR and a Mobility Preservation Cage put in by Bertagnoli in GmbH. He uses ProDisc and I had them done Dec 1. I am back on my mtn bike as I am a VERY young 59 and love extreme biking. I went through the same questions as I could 'function' without painkillers but was definitely harming the nerves in my legs. I am slowly eliminating the pain in my hip which is actually the harmed nerve slowly healing up. Pretty happy so fare and most of the distraction pain is gone...
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Dec 1/15 - 3 level ADR from S1/L3 c/w 360 mobility preservation at L3/L4 for Spondylolisthesis done by Dr. Bertagnoli in Bogen GmbH.
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03-20-2016, 02:37 PM
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Steve, glad you posted. Welcome. I hope we can help you with your next steps.
BTW, check out the hundreds of surgical outcomes -- they go all the way back to 2004, when I had my ADR.
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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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