here you go
yesterday i saw a nuero surgeon for what i was hoping would be a referral to a pain mgt doc as i am ready now to submit to pills. in stead he is sending me back for injections or radio freq. proceedures...anyway, once i told him that i wasn't willing to consider anymore fusions, he could not get rid of me fast enough. if fusion is all they know, that is all they will tlak about. they won't tell you the sucess of patients with adr cause they can't or won't do it here for one reason or another. but trust me, most of the time fusion should be avoided. 
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female age 45, height 5"6", 145 lbds, non smoker, conservative treatments failed, (7/2007) C4/5/6 peek disc replacements,plate & screws failed fusion,
(9/2008) revision with bone replace plate and screws, (10/2009) C3/4 stand alone peek cage, (12/2010) facet joint injections C3-7, (1/2011) rhizotomy C6/7 failed, Trouble swallowing
most recent mri (7/2011) shows ajacent level issues: right neural foraminal narrowing C2/3, posterior bulge indents thecal sac at C6/7/T1 no mass effect on cord.
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