Six months later
I felt it important to write about my experience as I really do feel Kaiser has improved tremendously. I had serious issues a long time ago with them. I had my fusion in November 2010. I could not be happier with my surgeon, Dr. Baines, who is the head of the spinal dept. in Oakland. As well as being what I believe is a great surgeon, he has a heart.
While their experience with ADR may be limited, I was not a candidate due to my bone density and many other docs agreed I wasn't a candidate so in the end I didn't travel. I just wanted to mention this as I really do feel things have changed and am very happy with the outcome of my surgery.
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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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