Steve it's great to hear your getting so many opinions and you have a date coming up. How do you digest all these varying opinions and make the best decision for yourself? This would have me spinning. I guess you really won't know until you wake up after surgery.
Are you still getting opinions from Dr. Reagan and Delmarter?
It is nice to hear Dr. Bertagnoli, Dr. Sullivan and Synthes will be providing everything at no cost to you. My guess it's a good opportunity for all of them. Sullivan for training, Bertagnoli for doing the right thing, and Synthes for fixing defective ADR's (if that's the case).
I did read about one case with a woman who had a defective Pro Disc C similar to yours. She described it as if it had a hinge on one side and the other was stuck open. According to her post it came right out. She had the fusion and is doing great. I believe she was in New Mexico.
I hope everything works out for you and will continue to follow your "adventure".
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