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Celebration of the good things in life.
How long have you been married and/or together?
Best quality of your spouse?
Do you have kids? How many? What ages?
Best quality of your children?
Do you have grandchildren? How many? What ages?
Best quality of your grandchildren?
31 years old- 1/06- In wreck with 18 wheeler at 25 years old; 6/06- Head on collision on Interstate, both wrecks other drivers fault. Numerous MRI's, PT, chiropractic, acupuncture, TENS therapy, massage therapy, facet injections, epidural injections, Nerve study, Discogram, confirms pain in L4/5, IDET, decompression, Bi-lateral neurotomy L3/4/5, denied by insurance twice, in Active L clinical trial, had surgery March 17, 2009 in Miami, FL- received Active L disc at 29 years old. Pain and medication free as of October 2010!Mommy to Emma- 8 years, Ava- 6 years & had baby Eli after ADR, via c-section on March 25, 2011, completely pain free still!
How long have you been married and/or together? married 6 1/2 years together 8 1/2 years
Best quality of your spouse? he is very caring
Do you have kids? How many? What ages? Emma 6 on Saturday, Ava 3 1/2 years
Best quality of your children? unconditional love
Do you have grandchildren? How many? What ages? nope
Best quality of your grandchildren?
31 years old- 1/06- In wreck with 18 wheeler at 25 years old; 6/06- Head on collision on Interstate, both wrecks other drivers fault. Numerous MRI's, PT, chiropractic, acupuncture, TENS therapy, massage therapy, facet injections, epidural injections, Nerve study, Discogram, confirms pain in L4/5, IDET, decompression, Bi-lateral neurotomy L3/4/5, denied by insurance twice, in Active L clinical trial, had surgery March 17, 2009 in Miami, FL- received Active L disc at 29 years old. Pain and medication free as of October 2010!Mommy to Emma- 8 years, Ava- 6 years & had baby Eli after ADR, via c-section on March 25, 2011
Celebration of the good things in life.
How long have you been married and/or together? together 10 yrs, married 6yrs
Best quality of your spouse? Here lately I've been so grouchy I haven't seen any... lol. Really, he does do a lot for me, and will when I have my surgery I know.
Do you have kids? How many? What ages? 2 step kids, 22 and 24
Best quality of your children? They go for what they want and get it. Oldest just graduated from Art school with a dual degree, and didn't let ANYTHING stop him.
Do you have grandchildren? How many? What ages? NOOOOO! Not yet, please not yet, I'm not old enough to have the step kids I have...
Best quality of your grandchildren? N/A
Herniated L4/L5 May 2004 (Bed ridden)
Discsectemy June L4/L5 2004
Discssectemy L4/L5 January 2007
MRI May 5th - Herniated disc on nerve root
Going with my 3rd opionion Dr
July 23rd - Having two level MAST TLIF on L4/L5 and L5/S1
Tapering off Fentynal before surgery
good stuff Love this, focus on happy stuff!
How long have you been married and/or together? married 25 years next year - yay
Best quality of your spouse?
can lift heavy stuff. funny, even his bad jokes are so bad they are funny. he drinks beer
Do you have kids? yup How many? 3 What ages? 18, 21, 22
Best quality of your children? they have all left home! they are confident, outgoing and interesting to be around
Do you have grandchildren? nope How many? What ages?
Best quality of your grandchildren?
Alison 46 year old female
2012 Doing Rehab
2011 Sept 3rd Op Removal of old instrumentation and PLIF L4/L5 - L5/S1 both adr in situ
2010 May Discogram on L2/L3 & L3/L4
2009 May 2nd Op Failed revision fusion on L5/S1 with Charite ADR in situ
2008 Caudal epidural exacerbated nerve symptoms. Prolapse L2/L3
2007 L5/S1 Facet deterioration
2002 March 1st Op ADR Charite - L4/5, L5/S1
2000 Disc prolapses L4/5, L5/S1
Alison- Congrats on 25 years of marriage! That is awesome!
31 years old- 1/06- In wreck with 18 wheeler at 25 years old; 6/06- Head on collision on Interstate, both wrecks other drivers fault. Numerous MRI's, PT, chiropractic, acupuncture, TENS therapy, massage therapy, facet injections, epidural injections, Nerve study, Discogram, confirms pain in L4/5, IDET, decompression, Bi-lateral neurotomy L3/4/5, denied by insurance twice, in Active L clinical trial, had surgery March 17, 2009 in Miami, FL- received Active L disc at 29 years old. Pain and medication free as of October 2010!Mommy to Emma- 8 years, Ava- 6 years & had baby Eli after ADR, via c-section on March 25, 2011
How long have you been married and/or together? Together 11 years and married 6.
Best quality of your spouse? She completes me.
Do you have kids? How many? What ages? None.
Best quality of your children? NA
Do you have grandchildren? How many? What ages? NA
Best quality of your grandchildren? NA
Justin Averna
Founder & President, Spine Patient Society™
www.SpinePatientSociety.org
A 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Nonprofit & Charitable Organization
I'm here to help.
- 1994: Football Injury, Severe Hyperextension
- 1997: Snow Skiing Injury
- 3/7/1997: Laminotomy L4/L5
- 1999 & 2003: Motor Vehicle Accidents (not at fault both times) --> Grade V Annular Tears L4/L5 & L5/L6
- 11/15/2003: 2-Level ProDisc® L4/L5 & L5/L6*, *lumbosacral transitional vertebra --> Dr. Rudolf Bertagnoli
- 4/2008: 4.5 years pain-free before "new" leg pain
- 5/14/2009: Dynamic Stabilization System L4/L5, Dr. Rudolf Bertagnoli
Questions? Suggestions? Need help with registering, creating a signature, etc.?
justin (at) spinepatientsociety.org
Disclosure: I have no financial relationships with any surgeons, spine clinics, device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, etc. -- the SPS Board of Directors serve without compensation.
Together 19 1/2 years, married 17 years.
Best quality of spouse: He is an extremely hard working executive, and best of all, he is hilarious!
Do you have kids? Yes, 3 sons. 2 step-kids. Ages? 31, 28, 21 (mine) His: 25, 23.
Best quality of my kids? They are just terrific sons. Bright, fun, artsy, and all 3 of them take care of their bodies.
Do I have grandchildren? Yes, you all know, 1. Little Tully, 4 1/2 months old. Asleep upstairs right now.
Her best quality? Pure innocence, and happy, happy.
• January 2000 MVA passenger, used jaws of life to retrieve me, neck injury and months of PT
• June 2001 Bicycle accident, 2 compression fractures at T12/L1, Vertebroplasty Sept. 2001
• April 2006 right hip, labral tear and repair
• April 2007 3 level ProDisc @ L3/4, L4/5 & L5/6✷ ✷Lumbosacral transitional vertebra; Dr. Rudolph Bertagnoli
• July 2, 2008 ALIF & Laminectomy @ L6/S1
• July 30, 2008 re-opened 28 days later to remove bone cement that had leaked onto S1 nerve root
• August 2008 Pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, re-hospitalized 1 week
• March 10, 2009 Right SI Joint Fusion
• April 27, 2010 2nd right hip arthroscopy to remove adhesions and release psoas muscle
• September 30, 2010 lumbar facet rhizotomy
• December 9, 2010 12 bilateral lumbar trigger point and steroid injections
• December 23, 2010 12 more bilateral trigger point injections w/o steroid
• February 15, 2011 ESI bilaterally in lower lumbar...relief only for few days. Considering 1 more.
Did Spinal Cord Stimulator trial from 5/11/11-5/17/11 with excellent results; Spinal Cord Stimulator surgery is Monday,
July 18, 2011
CL- Congrats on 17 years of marriage! You are definitely blessed!
Symara & Justin- You two are starting to sound more and more like myself, all of us around the same age and all married for 6 years! Funny how it feels like I've been married forever (in a good way), yet just 6 years. What's your anniversary? Mine is 11/9/02. And Symara, I remember you saying hubby was older than you, mine is 9 years older than me (I like 'em older too)
Where's Terry? I know he has been married a long time too.
31 years old- 1/06- In wreck with 18 wheeler at 25 years old; 6/06- Head on collision on Interstate, both wrecks other drivers fault. Numerous MRI's, PT, chiropractic, acupuncture, TENS therapy, massage therapy, facet injections, epidural injections, Nerve study, Discogram, confirms pain in L4/5, IDET, decompression, Bi-lateral neurotomy L3/4/5, denied by insurance twice, in Active L clinical trial, had surgery March 17, 2009 in Miami, FL- received Active L disc at 29 years old. Pain and medication free as of October 2010!Mommy to Emma- 8 years, Ava- 6 years & had baby Eli after ADR, via c-section on March 25, 2011
How long have you been married and/or together? 23 years.(darn I'm getting old)
Best quality of your spouse? Takes care of me.
Do you have kids? How many? What ages? 1 Daughter, 22. 1 Son, 20
Best quality of your children? Have never been in trouble, raised with values.
Do you have grandchildren? How many? What ages? None yet. Kids are not married.
Dave
Diagnosed with DDD in Nov, 2007. MRI, EMG
C3/4 C4/5 C5/6 C6/7
Surgery 06.04.08--C5/6 and C6/7 w/Prodisc
C4/5 deterioration progressing quickly
MRI on lumbar shows disc herniation at L5/S1, stenosis at L3/4, L4/5, spondylosis and DDD at L2 through S1 in July, 2009
Nerve Root, Facet Injections and Epidural every 3 months. Ongoing treatment for continued degeneration.
Great thread Celebration of the good things in life.
How long have you been married and/or together? 9yrs Married 14 together
Best quality of your spouse? The will to compromise
Do you have kids? How many? What ages? 3 step kids 20,17,15 1 blood child 7yr
Best quality of your children? They all know how much we love and care about them
Do you have grandchildren? How many? What ages? NO, don't make me any older than I am please!
Best quality of your grandchildren?[/QUOTE] none
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* Stenum Hospital (Germany) Maverick disc implanted (10-19-07) L4-L5
* To view my post-op video's click- http://www.youtube.com/ type ADR surgery into the space bar
* Fusion of c5-c6 on (11-02-09) Boston, USAhttp://fusion-c5-c6.blogspot.com/
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