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Reply With QuoteGood for you! And great advice too! Keep on healing. And thanks for sharing your ski adventure.....Cindylou
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Back on the Boards Hello All,
Well, it was a great day: I spend the day with my wife skiing and snowboarding at our local ski hill. Everything went really well, though my legs feel like jelly now.
The reason I'm posting this is to encourage people who are in pain now: it can all turn around very quickly. I had my L5/S1 disc replaced with a Prodisc on December 17th: about 13 weeks ago. My back feels solid, my legs are getting stronger, and I feel like I have a new lease on life.
I sincerely hope for relief for everyone who has back or neck pain. Keep looking for the right doctor, the right treatment, the right whatever it is that you need.
Re: Back on the Boards Good for you! And great advice too! Keep on healing. And thanks for sharing your ski adventure.....
• 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
Re: Back on the Boards It's SO great to hear the success stories, and I'm glad you are one of them
It certainly gave me the strength to carry on when everything was so bleak, and I'm so glad I did. Congratulations on the great day out doing one of your favourite things
Severe compression of spinal cord, flaval ligament, etc. at C4/5 & 5/6.
Herniation and compression, at L3/4 to L5/S1 plus spondylosis at the latter level. Severe allergy to most metals.
Three level surgery in Brazil with Dr. Luiz Pimenta on March 17/2010 using non-metal appliances. L5/S1-PEEK cage, ALIF; L4/5-PEEK cage, XLIF; C5/6-NuVasive NeoDisc. Three separate approaches, two minimally invasive. Currently minor residual back pain, from SI ligament and still overdoing things
Re: Back on the Boards Great news! It's amazing to read how active you are at only 13 weeks out!Originally Posted by odriscoll
Thanks for the update...I wish you the very best.
Justin Averna
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- 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
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