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Old 07-08-2010, 01:27 AM
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makes me sick! My friend had scoliosis and had a rod put in and got a call it was defective. Rod broke in her back and she had to have it replaced front and back, nine hours. I believe she had it fixed in NY at Beth Israel. It was put in in Boston. Anyone filing a class action suit?
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Chemically sensitive disc/Annular tears, DDD, mild bulging, facet arthritus

Dancing accident in 96. tried PT, acupuncture, pilates, pain mgmt. nothing worked. Epidurals, facet blocks, caudal blocks, discogram. Opiates for ten years, oral prednisone, toradol inj. & more.

Two level spinal fusion with BMS, cages, hardware. due to bone density problems from chemotherapy, they had to go in front and back. Surgery Nov. 6, 2010. So far no regrets.
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