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i would say i am in shape (not an athlete by any means) but relatively fit and watch what i eat daily, do you think 3 months is realistic? i had a skype call with prof bertagnoli last week and he implied 3 months recovery, 6 months full recover.
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Injured back in Gym in 2002 First MRI in 2012, diagnosed with DDD @ L4-L5 & L5-S1 Numerous injections, caudal block, epidural injections, Discogel Considering ADR at both levels |
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If you're in shape, you will recover faster. Paradoxically, as you're in shape, and likely exercise to remain so, you'll feel more of the deficit and be aware that you haven't gotten it all back. As you have two levels, you'll take longer to recover. If either level has significant height loss, the stretching of the ligaments when they put the ADR in place will hurt for a while. Three months would likely be enough to be able to live a careful life without worries about your surgical recovery. Six months or more, depending on what actually needs to be done when you get the surgery, would likely be required to be fully up to speed. All this presumes complete success, but it sounds like you're asking the questions that will give you the info to stack the odds in your favor.
When Laura got her L5S1 ADR, she was discharged from the clinic in Munich on Monday. We walked around Munich that week, stopping and resting or returning to the hotel using transit any time she was tired or in pain. We ended up with about 30 miles of waking in the week between discharge and follow-up appointment and Zeeger's was annoyed, not really angry, that she'd done too much. On the other hand, Laura spent a full year recovering to the point where hiking, biking, and skiing capabilities weren't impacted. She went from summiting Grand Teton or biking a 204 mile route in a day to DDD diagnosis to surgery in 10 months then spent 12 months getting back to that kind of shape.
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Laura - L5S1 Charitee C5/6 and 6/7 Prodisc C Facet problems L4-S1 General joint hypermobility Jim - C4/5, C5/6, L4/5 disk bulges and facet damage, L4/5 disk tears, currently using regenerative medicine to address "There are many Annapurnas in the lives of men" Maurice Herzog |
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Bertagnoli
Everything Bertagnoli told me came to frustration at almost exactly the time frame he implies word up
Stop squating
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12/22/04 blew L4-5 and L5-S1 out lifting wrong 4/1/05 back to work thanks to Oxy 11/11/13 hurt back lifting again 6/6/15 last of many MRI L4-5 medium paracentral bulge with juice leaking and mid to left bulge on L5-S1 No invasive procedures except steroid shots that did nothing n hurt wicked bad 9/24/2016 Adr surgery Bertagnoli>1 year doing great |
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