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Reply With QuoteFantastic news to you both! So glad to hear it. Now time to get back to living your lives and pursuing your dreams with gusto! Cindylou
This is a discussion on Hybrid Lumbar Surgery (L4/L5 Spinal Kinetics M6 & L5/S1 STALIF cage with BMP) within the Surgical Outcomes forums, part of the Spine Surgery Forums category; Originally Posted by mike86 4 months here.. living life again.. i'm glad you are too. really good news from both ...
really good news from both you guys, long may it continue. enjoy!Originally Posted by mike86
Re: Hybrid Lumbar Surgery (L4/L5 Spinal Kinetics M6 & L5/S1 STALIF cage with BMP) Fantastic news to you both! So glad to hear it. Now time to get back to living your lives and pursuing your dreams with gusto! Cindylou
• 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: Hybrid Lumbar Surgery (L4/L5 Spinal Kinetics M6 & L5/S1 STALIF cage with BMP) Glad to hear it Mike. Funny you've got a shoulder problem, I've gotta do a fair bit of work on stabilising mine too. Don't even notice these things with disabling friggen back pain.
It might be nice to look back on this in a year or so and say good bloody riddance to the lot of it and dont let the door hit you in the arse on the way out. This whole thing has really opened my eyes. Nothing like a crisis for people to show what they're really about and where their loyalties and interests lie.
I've got a few more hurdles to jump before getting back to full function, but I'll get there or close enough to it anyway.
I won't be looking back.
Re: Hybrid Lumbar Surgery (L4/L5 Spinal Kinetics M6 & L5/S1 STALIF cage with BMP) Good for you Chris. Just keep looking forward my friend......and I know you will. CL
• 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: Hybrid Lumbar Surgery (L4/L5 Spinal Kinetics M6 & L5/S1 STALIF cage with BMP) Hooch and Mike im happy for yall...
C4-5: Mild disc height loss with central annular fissure. Small broad-based left paracentral disc protrusion. Moderate central canal stenosis-the disc protrusion abuts and mildly flattens the left ventral surface of the spinal canal.
C5-6: Disc desiccation with mild height loss.Diffuse discosteophyte bulge anduncovertebral joint hypertrophy, moderate central canal stenosis- Severe neuroforaminal stenosis bilaterally, right greater than left
Re: Hybrid Lumbar Surgery (L4/L5 Spinal Kinetics M6 & L5/S1 STALIF cage with BMP) How are ya man? No progress? You found a decent surgeon to go over the options with yet?
Re: Hybrid Lumbar Surgery (L4/L5 Spinal Kinetics M6 & L5/S1 STALIF cage with BMP) I am about 10 months post op. I still have a lot of muscle spasms, but my function is greatly increased and improving slowly. I can do things which were impossible pre-op. It is a difficult and ongoing recovery from this sort of operation, but it was necessary. I do not suffer that disabling, terrible discogenic pain anymore.
I am not here for 'support' but I would like to offer a quick thankyou to one or two people on this site who were genuine in their well-wishes outside of the usual provincial political bs.
Last edited by Hooch; 10-18-2011 at 11:50 AM.
Re: Hybrid Lumbar Surgery (L4/L5 Spinal Kinetics M6 & L5/S1 STALIF cage with BMP) I'm glad that you are feeling better, even though not 100% yet. It took me 18 months to become completely pain free, so it can be a long haul, but it's so worth it.
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!
Re: Hybrid Lumbar Surgery (L4/L5 Spinal Kinetics M6 & L5/S1 STALIF cage with BMP) It is so awesome to hear of more success storiesI'm so glad that you can get on with your life once again.
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. Therapy and chiropractic treatments helping immensely. Gone from being almost bedridden to near normal activities including gardening. Life is gooooood!
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