Consider me highly uninformed here, but are these painful or something? Granted, it wouldn't be good to fuse when you're looking for motion preservation with ADR, but how are you any worse off than going straight for fusion??? I'm asking, not being a smart-alek. Anybody?
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Herniated disc lifting at age 19
Laminectomy at L4-5 in 1998, repeat in 2001 same level
13 docs, 9 PT's, 8 Epidurals, 3 trigger point inj, 1 Facet Block, 1 Acupuncturist, 3 Chiros and 1 child later, had L4-5 ProDisc placed 9-19-06 by Dr. Janssen in Denver, CO. Facet rhizo March, 2007, November 2007, January 2009
Had healthy baby boy #2 in Dec 2008 with use of some meds during pregnancy and nursing.
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