Problems After Surgery (Possible Metal Allergy Post Cervical Artificial Disc Replacement)

[Katie]

Oh Sandy, I'm so sorry there is another complication. But you are slowly narrowing down the issues to be addressed, so that must be a bit of a relief. I wish those metal free ADRs were approved here already. Has anyone heard more about the NeoDisc trial that finished, and how the approval process is coming for it? I'll try looking it up later today....it's 4 am right now and I'm just up chasing a kitty who thinks he should be able to play right now...and no, I'm not playing too

[sandy]

hi everyone, i just got copy of report update maybe someone will have explanation for me in english, disco gram went ok , but now im haveing horrible worse headaches antibiotic is makeing so sick my eyes blood shot red rash hives makeing alot mucus had to take inhaler everyday with this couldnt breath good ,like i have the flu i said enough of this my body not likeing it i quit takeing it done,

at c5 c6 patient has concordant discogenic pain, the pain is 100% concordant with pain radiating to both shoulders, intial testing caused more pain on left than right. Repeat testing caused pain on both shoulders. There is leakage of the dye posterior annulus into epidural space at this level.
c6c7 patient did not experiance pain at this level testing was done twice both times no pain. There is leakage into the posterior annulas at this level.

So i gather that c5 c6 is blown out and leaking into spinal canal and causeing alot of pain for me, and this epidural space is were you get steroid injections and doctors say the steroids can leak down from the space injected is what i was told, so i assume the leaking from annulus can do the same, now at c6 c7 i have leakage in annulus but i assume because it has not blown out yet and leaked into epidural space it isnt causeing me pain there yet, but will it blow out too like c5 c6 who knows and if i ask doctor who i will get results for this tommorow and ask that question about c6 c7 will that blow out too i am gonna bet he says maybe possibly.

So the doctor already knows adr prestige is causeing allergy at c4 c5 so wants that out revision surgery, now what about c5 c6 blown out below this and causeing the leakage in epidural space and severe pain for me and now what about c6 c7, do you think he will go in and just fuse c4 c5 c5 c6 and leave the c6c7 leaking in annulus to blow out later , I hate not knowing what to do , i want this all fixed now I do not want to keep going in and have to have surgery again , I know i have to have second one for the c4 c5 c5 c6, but hwta about c6 c7 , this wait to see if it blows after surgery and stress on it from c4 c5 c5 c6 fusion with plastic material because i can not have any metal, this is a nightmare for me, i cant live in this pain though im miserable and been bed riden 80% after 12 noon im done laying in bed staring at the ceiling crying why me why chronic pain i want my life back , i was so active , i want to barrel race again, ride my motorcycle play with my grandson go shopping clean house do laundry mow lawn , i want to sit or stand without pain i want to move my head without pain, im sorry im crying thinking of these things, dont give me antidepressants this doesnt stop the problem i stilll hurt just fix the problem causeing the pain and give me some life back is this much to ask , i have had to go from doctor to doctor whom all looked at me thought i was crazy chronic pain is in your head over a year now finally i get someone who is trying to find the problem, and the pain doctor was So nice he made me feel so sane he said i had been put through hell and my pain is 100% real and its not in my head finally , why do doctors dismiss us so quick are we a challenge for them, i thought thats why they went to school to help treat people they want it to be right in front of them so easy, my mri 2-11-10 showed the bulge at c5 c6 leaking and been like this over 1 year and nothing was done doctor who did my surgery said c4 c5 was my problem and all would be fixed boy wwas he ever wrong , why didnt he look further 30 minute office visit and bamm surgery he could fix never saw him again till surgery 3 weeks later, same pain after surgery than before ans worse now with allergy, to be told by him i kept calling makeing appt the pain is horrible and im getting strange things going on, 4th visit said in my head, i said it makes no sense for me to even see you anymore pain not in my head its in my spine i know pain being around horses ive been in alot pain but it went away this has not i will not come back i will look for a doctor who can help, huh that took a year because after that no one wanted anything to do with me i just had surgery, its all nuts im sane they are nuts, i said if i had accident went to er had surgery went home had problem and came back to er would they say sorry you had surgery i wont see you, There answer was our doctors policy is he wont see anyone who had surgery on spine in the last year . so you suffer, run to er pain and guess what give pain med send you home to go see doctor, tired of running circles, oh boy i wish they had a tv show about this, it just makes my blood pressure go high when i think of this and im paying the bills and there telling me what to do. sorry for the venting i try not to think of this and upset myself but its hard not to i feel like i had been abused physically and mentally i swear i have got post traumatic stress.. i keep going to doctors for more abuse .