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Reply With QuoteSo happy for you Cathy! That's great that you are doing so well!
This is a discussion on Lumbar L4/L5 & L5/L6 (S1) Prodisc-L - Cathy......Dr. Bertagnoli May 26, 2009 within the Surgical Outcomes forums, part of the Spine Surgery Forums category; That's great to hear Cathy! It's good to see you've seen the end to the pain. Bob...
Re: Lumbar L4/L5 & L5/L6 (S1) Prodisc-L - Cathy......Dr. Bertagnoli May 26, 2009 That's great to hear Cathy! It's good to see you've seen the end to the pain.
Bob
04/06 L5/S1 Rupture
05/06 MRI shows DDD @ L2-S1
06/06 Diskectomy/ Laminotomy L5/S1
04/07 Recurrent Disc L5/S1
4 Ortho and 1 Neuro Surgeon, 5 MRIs, 1 EGM, 1 Myleogram & 11 EDIs later:
03/27/09 L4/5 & L5/S1 Maverick discs at Stenum (www.dr-ritter-lang.com)
11/9/11 C6/7 Herniation with Nerve Impingement. Another journey begins.
Re: Lumbar L4/L5 & L5/L6 (S1) Prodisc-L - Cathy......Dr. Bertagnoli May 26, 2009 So happy for you Cathy! That's great that you are doing so well!
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: Lumbar L4/L5 & L5/L6 (S1) Prodisc-L - Cathy......Dr. Bertagnoli May 26, 2009 That is great news Cathy! And thanks for popping in to share your success story. It will be an encouragement to a lot of folks still searching for answers! Dance on!!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: Lumbar L4/L5 & L5/L6 (S1) Prodisc-L - Cathy......Dr. Bertagnoli May 26, 2009 Cathy,
So great to hear that you are doing well, two years past surgery.
That is the operative word here, you are past the surgery and past the pain.
I believe I would be with you, three years post surgery, if I had two levels done instead of one.
Because of one doctor's belief that my L5/S1 was okay and that I was having referred pain at that level and not "real" pain, they (doctors) missed a "bad" disc.
I have a new insurance that I hope will pay for an ADR.
Unfortunately, I do not have the money to pay to go to Germany. It would put us in a bad position and I cannot do that.
I have waited two years for surgery on my L5/S1 and actually, about 2 1/2 years since I knew my other disc was bad.
I am looking forward to regaining my strength and my body back. I think it has been worth the two years wait and worth the wait for a new insurance. Like you, no payment on the first surgery. However, I made them fight me and they expended a lot of effort in their denials and they can go to you know where.
If I were you, I would continue to fight them.
So glad to hear how you are doing.
Runagain.
DDD or DJD
ADR recepient.
Mother of four, advocate and insurance fighter.
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