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Reply With QuoteWelcome to the forum. Hope everything goes well with your surgery.
alison x
This is a discussion on Hello Im new too....Surgery in 3 days!!! (Artificial Disc Replacement L4-L5, Fusion L5-S1) within the Surgical Outcomes forums, part of the Spine Surgery Forums category; Just wanted to get through the introductions....Im set to get and ADR and a fusion in just 3 days. Im ...
Hello Im new too....Surgery in 3 days!!! (Artificial Disc Replacement L4-L5, Fusion L5-S1) Just wanted to get through the introductions....Im set to get and ADR and a fusion in just 3 days. Im really looking forward to this procedure as I have been waiting for about 8 years now.
Thanks and good luck to everyone!!!
Diagnosis
Mild DDD at L3-L4
Moderate to severe DDD at L4-L5
Severe DDD at L5-S2
Mild impingement on the right S1 nerve root
Severe stenosis right and left L4-L5
Severe impingement at moth L5 nerve roots
Arthritis in several lower level Facet joints
=Back hurts a lot
Treatments
3 or 4 RF treatments (worked for a couple of months each time)
4 Lumbar SRNB's
Discogram Jan/2010
:thumpup: Scheduled for ADR at L4-L5 and fusion at L5-S1 "Hybrid" on 05/25/2010
Re: Hello Im new too....Surgery in 3 days!!! Welcome to the forum. Hope everything goes well with your surgery.
alison x
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
Re: Hello Im new too....Surgery in 3 days!!! Originally Posted by homemadeRDX
Sorry to hear about all your troubles but I'm happy you are receiving the treatment you need....not to mention the one I wanted/needed/deserved but BCBS didnt want to pay
....so I am getting a 2 level fusion instead of hybrid.
.....somethings better than 8 years of nothing
Re: Hello Im new too....Surgery in 3 days!!! Welcome homemadeRDX!
I wish you the very best with surgery and a complete recovery. Please keep us posted on your progress post-op in the Surgical Outcomes Forum when you're on the other side.
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.
Re: Hello Im new too....Surgery in 3 days!!! Welcome to SPS! Wishing you luck on your surgery. I have a lot of the same problems as you such as the arthritis and severe ddd at L5. 8 years is a long time and I hope this surgery will make you pain free. Please post about your surgery and recovery. What kind of disc are you getting? You take care now and look forward to hearing from you on the other side.
Linda
L5-S1 shot with small schmorl's node
L4-5 mild bulge with mild facet DJD
L2-3 minimal disc bulge
L5-S1 ADR cancelled 8-14 need to reschedule
Major pain everyday
Re: Hello Im new too....Surgery in 3 days!!! Welcome to the forum and best of luck in recovery! I can't imagine waiting 8 years for surgery, mine took 3+ years and that was pure hell, so 8 it unfathomable to me. Praying for many pain free days ahead of you!
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
Re: Hello Im new too....Surgery in 3 days!!! Welcome. Where (state, hospital, doc) are you having the surgery?
Diagnosis:
Degenerative disc disease throughout spine
Generalized disc bulging with mild narrowing of thecal sac in L2-L3, L3-L4, L4-L5, L5-S1.
Moderate spinal stenosis L4-L5
Foraminal narrowing
Recent compression Fx at T10,T11.
Treatment:
Spinal decompression 2007
Cortisone injection in lower back in 2010
Relieved of pain for now
Hope for ADR
Re: Hello Im new too....Surgery in 3 days!!! To SPS
I would like to know more not to pry I am needing ADR Fusion and would like know who what were?
We are her to learn,help, listen, move forward, and most of all support :thumpup:
I wish you the best
LOL Gil
L5-S1 lam 1994
L2 to L5 DDD
L3 -L4 hern Dec 2007.
L4-L5 Annular fissure with mild central stenosis and moderate facet hypertrophy.
L5-S1 bilaterial neural foraminal narrowing with inferior effacement.
L2-L3 Right-sided neural foraminal narrowing
L3-L4 related to posterolateral hypertrophic spurs and facet hypertrophy.
C3-C4 limited DDD
15 injections Depo. P.T. 18 months 9 dose packs,
Nerve Block Injections.4 ESI S1
L5-S1 Foraminotomy 09
L4-L5 Microdiscectomy 09 ReHerniation 4-2010
Surgery 6-29-11 L4-L5-S1 Decompression Fusion L5-S1 and Coflex F implants
Re: Hello Im new too....Surgery in 3 days!!! homemadeRDX,
I was just checking in to see how you were doing post-op. I hope all is well.
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.
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