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10-18-2014, 06:30 PM
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Hospital Stay in US
Just wondering how long I will be in the hospital this week after my surgery. I've been told anywhere between 2-6 days. What is typical for a lumbar fusion and multi level ADR in the cervical?
Also, has anyone found it difficult to get out of the blue smock and change into pajamas? Trying to figure out what to wear when I get to the hospital and when I am admitted and back from surgery. Will I be in to much pain to read? I was thinking about taking a book. Thanks for your help and advice. CB
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1998- Injured neck and back in USAF 2011 - Started experiencing Severe Symptoms, Migranes, numbness, spasms in legs and feet and sciatica. Feb 2014 - Received upper Lumbar Injection - Severe Allergy to injection Mar 2014 - MRI of Cervical and Lumbar, protruding disc in C3-7, Herniated Disc in L5/S1, placed on STD and FMLA ) July 2014 - Stem Cell Procedure performed Oct 20, 2014 - ADR (MOBI-C) at C5-7 and Anterior Fusion at L5/S1 by Dr. Pettine and Dr. Techy 
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10-19-2014, 11:44 PM
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Are you having both the lumbar and cervical procedures done at the same time? That would be brutal. Unless you're in your teens, I can't imagine a typical person having the physical reserves to effectively recover from that much elective trauma. My neurosurgeon was initially hesitant last year to do an outpatient cervical microdiskectomy six weeks after the lumbar fusion.
My two-level lumbar fusion came with four days in the hospital. My cervical ADR (one level) was an outpatient job, in and out, back home before lunch. A two-level cervical ADR might have an overnight stay, but that's just a guess.
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April '98 - Injured @ work Oct '98 - Declared "permanent and stationary" by workers' comp docs 10 years of PT and chiropractic... Oct '08 - Sudden incapacitating lumbar / sciatic pain with foot drop April '09 - L5-S1 microdiscectomy fixes foot drop and most of the pain May '11 Hey doc, I'm tired of my neck hurting... Dec '11 - C5-6 Prodisc-C July '12 - Neck is still doing well. L5-S1 is "done" - bone on bone July '13 - L4-L5-S1 TLIF Aug '13 - C7-T1 microdiskectomy
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10-20-2014, 07:44 AM
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Yes I am getting a fusion in the limbar and a multi-level ADR in the cervical today. My surgeon didn't seem to concerned about doing both at the same time. I think because I am in great shape and slim. I know that some surgeons prefer to get it done with one surgery rather than putting a patient through it twice. I guess since I'm an acod hiker of 14ers he thinks I can handle it. We shall see. I believe morphine is the cocktail I'll be on. I'm sure I'll need it!
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1998- Injured neck and back in USAF 2011 - Started experiencing Severe Symptoms, Migranes, numbness, spasms in legs and feet and sciatica. Feb 2014 - Received upper Lumbar Injection - Severe Allergy to injection Mar 2014 - MRI of Cervical and Lumbar, protruding disc in C3-7, Herniated Disc in L5/S1, placed on STD and FMLA ) July 2014 - Stem Cell Procedure performed Oct 20, 2014 - ADR (MOBI-C) at C5-7 and Anterior Fusion at L5/S1 by Dr. Pettine and Dr. Techy
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11-13-2014, 06:26 PM
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I spent two nights in the hospital. My nurse and the surgeons were quite impressed with my progress.
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1998- Injured neck and back in USAF 2011 - Started experiencing Severe Symptoms, Migranes, numbness, spasms in legs and feet and sciatica. Feb 2014 - Received upper Lumbar Injection - Severe Allergy to injection Mar 2014 - MRI of Cervical and Lumbar, protruding disc in C3-7, Herniated Disc in L5/S1, placed on STD and FMLA ) July 2014 - Stem Cell Procedure performed Oct 20, 2014 - ADR (MOBI-C) at C5-7 and Anterior Fusion at L5/S1 by Dr. Pettine and Dr. Techy
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11-13-2014, 09:10 PM
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Time
I had a pretty good bounce after about 10 days, but it did not last, and I am four months this saturday, but getting better and better.
Walking on the treadmill, always did, and does help, but I do not do it every day, try to do different movements, even walk up and down stairs, and stretch the arms. Hope to have another xray here in a few weeks, and be sure, before I really start to push, it takes a LONG time to get where you were, so it may take a year, two years, if you think about it, (hard to think like this, where you are now) for all the muscle, ligaments, and the other discs/other parts of the spine, to change. My Observation/experience.
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Jerry, Somewhere Ohio L2-3 herniation, two days before Thanksgiving, 2012, Discectomy/Laminectomy, 3/13 Numbness in the right leg, lateral femoral, gone, July 10, 2014 L45 M6 ADR, July 15 PLIF L5-S1, Not able to access L51 Anterior.
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