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10-01-2013, 03:31 PM
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Dr. Bierstedt visit San Francisco
In conversation with Malte about my surgery he asked me if I though there would be an interest in Dr. Bierstedt and himself visiting San Francisco. I told him that I would have loved the opportunity to have met somewhere in the USA before my surgery but that I would ask to see if others felt the same way.
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*9/10: Unstable pelvis & SI joint, sore IT band. Chiro care, I would shift out hours to days after adjust *12/10: PT & chiro *4/11 to 11/11: 5 sessions prolo and 3 prolo w/ PRP *12/28/11 ESI L L4/L5 - 1/13/12 ESI R L4/L5 - 1/24/12 L SI joint capsule - 3/8/12 TPI - 3/23/12 L L5/S1 - 4/11/12 ESI caudal - 5/23/12 TPI - 7/10/12 Facet inj L3/L4, L4/L5, L5/S1 *9/12/12: 30 - DRX9000 *12/21/12 schedule. for L4/L5 fusion-CANCELLED 1/7/13 *7/16/2013: 3 level M6(S1-L3) w/ Dr. Bierstedt 
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10-01-2013, 10:49 PM
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I would go to see him. Would be better on the east coast however.
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Pre 1999: Damage caused from Car & Motorcycle wrecks, Football, US Army, bad diet, etc. 1999: Collapse at work lifting heavy desk; Weekly chiropractor visits until present; Steroid Inj. Pain Mgmt. 2002: Began mostly Raw diet. Got off pain meds  Showed much improvement. Weekly Chiro visits2010: Discogram & MRI - S1 - L2 Lumbar DDD 2011: MRI same. Quality of life issue. Wake up middle of night with leg pain often. 2013: MRI. Had enough. Ready for surgery.
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10-02-2013, 12:38 AM
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tpatti,
We agree on most things but I disagree with you on this point, that I would have travelled to have seen Dr. Bierstedt. As a Canadian I would certainly not go to a US location. We do have passports and have gone to the US many times, we're not concerned about being picked up for anything or crossing the border. Cost is a concern. Well I don't know about this BUT, so I meet a doctor for 30 minutes to go over my MRI'S that he's never seen before and he comes up with a diagnosis. Not comfortable with that. When I had my MRIs digitalized and sent them to 6 clinics/doctors and 5 came back with a 3 level procedure that's when I focused. Spoke to the last 5 eliminated them one by one. I don't think you need to meet the surgeon in person before the operaration. I do think that you need to be very comfortable with the answers that your potential surgeon gives you. Last edited by Stonewall_Boris; 10-02-2013 at 11:08 AM. Reason: update
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