[fortitudine]

Hi Sonata,
I too was dismayed by the dramatic story of the ProDisc lumbar failure. But - and this is NO consolation - the success rate for ADR is supposedly similar to fusion at 80-90 percent, and even the best surgeons are not perfect. As awful as the thought is, some of us have to fall into that 10-20 percent...the best we can do is to be well informed and make sure we have checked out all of the options. Even then, things can go sideways. It's scary.

I 'need' surgery at c3/4/5 but after having tried to book ADR surgery several times over that last year and a half and having had to reschedule, and then having a TKR, I am 'taking a break' from health issues for a bit, hoping for some more clarity on ADR and hoping things don't go south.

Don't panic, don't make any hasty decision: I've been working on this for over 2 1/2 years now, still plodding along, slowly!