KK, I'm not quite understanding why the military doctors are speaking German. Are you not American? The military hospitals are normally staffed with people from your country...what am I missing?
Since you are in Germany, you are already in the land of some of the best spine surgeons on earth. Check out Stenum hospital in Bremen, up on the north coast, as well as Dr. Bertagnoli, Dr. Fenk-Mayer and a few others. Do a Google search for them. While there are some on this board who don't have good things to say about Stenum, I can give you names of a dozen past patients, all with wonderful results. Send me a PM.
You may or may not be a candidate for ADR, but by sending your MRIs to several specialists, you will get their very good opinions on it...no more guessing. Stenum will not charge for this, but the other ones will. In some ways, you are much farther ahead than most of us...we are stuck on the wrong side of the Atlantic
All the best, and give your kitty a scritch for me
