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Old 09-14-2019, 08:28 AM
JohnT JohnT is offline
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Join Date: Jun 2019
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Default Surgery in October with Rischke

Hi guys just a quick update.

Going for L5S1 ADR with Rischke in October. Send some good vibes. Hope it all goes well. Cervical started giving me big trouble in August. Taking MRIs and see if I need to fix anything while in Zurich. Will keep you posted.
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[SIZE="1"]Canadian - ADR not available in Canada
L4/S1 DDD since 1994 - right side sciatica
L4/L5 herniation and discectomy in 2006 - success
2017 bilateral and sacral pain and numbness, cannot sit
Dec 2017 L4/S1 (2 levels) Interspinous implant (IntraSpine Cousin Biotech) - no result
permanent pain and numbness
Narrow spinal canal, scarring, L5/S1 started autofusing
Implant must be removed, decompression needed
Decision time - discussed with Dr B, Rischke, Desai
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Old 09-17-2019, 02:18 PM
funcrew funcrew is offline
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Best of luck John. It would be very valuable to the membership of this forum if you post up your experiences in general, and some continuing updates post-surgery. And before the forum owner reminds you, please post up a summary of your situation in your signature. It helps people interpret your posts with some background information.
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Age 56
Severe neck and back pain, 10 years+ on opiate pain meds every 4 hours, numbness and weakness in both arms and legs.
Evaluated by Dr Bertagnoli for ProDisc at L3L4, L4L5, L5S1, C5C6 and C6C7

Sept 4th, 2019: Completed 3 level CP-ESP at C4 thru C7 with Dr. Biren Desai in Cologne, Germany

Scheduled for March 11, 2020: L3 thru S1 LP-ESP with Dr Clavel in Barcelona
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Old 09-28-2019, 09:35 PM
JohnT JohnT is offline
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Default 2 more weeks

That's it folks. Reality hit home. Going for a dual lumbar/cervical - 3 levels.
Scary stuff, no second thoughts though. On good hands. I can only pray it all goes well now. Will keep you guys posted.
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[SIZE="1"]Canadian - ADR not available in Canada
L4/S1 DDD since 1994 - right side sciatica
L4/L5 herniation and discectomy in 2006 - success
2017 bilateral and sacral pain and numbness, cannot sit
Dec 2017 L4/S1 (2 levels) Interspinous implant (IntraSpine Cousin Biotech) - no result
permanent pain and numbness
Narrow spinal canal, scarring, L5/S1 started autofusing
Implant must be removed, decompression needed
Decision time - discussed with Dr B, Rischke, Desai
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Old 09-29-2019, 07:16 AM
Cheryl0331 Cheryl0331 is offline
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 890
Default Hi John T

Looks like you have done your research and I am glad to see you're taking the step towards better health. Based on your signature, you have waited through some tough stuff. All the best, hope to hear some some post-op soon. Hang in there!
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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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