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Reply With QuoteHi Trace,
Welcome to the Spine Patient Society!It's been great to catch up, as it has been a while.
Good luck with your last year in nursing school. We're glad to have you here!
This is a discussion on Fusion at C6-C7 (Possibility of Surgery at C5-C6 in the Future) within the Surgical Outcomes forums, part of the Spine Surgery Forums category; Hi all, Cervie patient here, arthrodesis C6-C7 in 2003 (no problems) and a future C5-C6 case, likely ADR but for ...
Fusion at C6-C7 (Possibility of Surgery at C5-C6 in the Future) Hi all,
Cervie patient here, arthrodesis C6-C7 in 2003 (no problems) and a future C5-C6 case, likely ADR but for the moment asymptomatic. Some may know me from other Forums, I live in France, am in my final year of nursing school, and still work with the neurosurgeon who gave me my life back, helping spineys get another opinion and accompanying foreign cervical ADR patients through the process.
Life is jam-packed full right now and not much time to post, but wanted to say hello and good health to all.(excellent smilies by the way Justin--love it:thumpup
Trace
Hi Trace,
Welcome to the Spine Patient Society!
Good luck with your last year in nursing school. We're glad to have you here!
Justin Averna
Founder & President, Spine Patient Society™
www.SpinePatientSociety.org
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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
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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.
Good to see you here.
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.
Trace,
It's great to "see" you again!
Karin
Disc Bulge C4/C5, Disc Degeneration T11/T12, Bi-Lateral tears L5/S1, Diagnosed w/ Lumbar Disc Derangement w/ Radiculopaphy. Treatment: IDET, Percutaneous Discectomy, SI Joint Injection, Facet Block. All failed. Empire BC/BS Denied Coverage for ADR-lost all of my appeals. MVP also denied coverage.
Anterior/Posterior Fusion L5/S1 -1/20/09 - I'm not 100% but I'll take the 85%! When the weather co-operates, it's 95% woohoo!
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!
Doh, everyone else has used the
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
Hello Trace! I'm glad to hear you're asymptomatic! I left my body alone after 2 discectomies vs. more surgery and L5S1 appears to have fused on it's own. I can sit longer now... still on the darn low dose pain meds so cannot say whether pain is fully alleviated at that level but symptoms are more L4'ish now when pain is flared up.
Meanwhile~ how great you're still working and for a Neurosurgeon! That was my specialty in nursing long ago when I injured my spine and I loved it.. (Neurosurgical nursing not injuring my spine).
Anyway, so glad you are doing well and I'm just catching up here and am happy you found your way here!
Happy trails with school and allMaria
Hey all, thanks for the warm welcome. Right now I'm up to my eyeballs in urology and nephrology work for Friday, but hopefully once I come down off the caffeine highI'll be able to browse the Forum a bit and post more.
Again,thanks and hi to alland looking forward to 'meeting' some and catching up with others.
Trace
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