Sorry, I forgot to answer your other question. No, there has been no talk about the C7/T1 from anyone (six different surgeons). Dr. Bitan said that the C4/5 will have ADR and C5/6 will be fused to let it repair itself as much as possible...stabilize it to let the swelling go down.
In the lumbar, he will be doing ADR at L3/4, then fusion at L4/5 and L5/S1. He said there is very little motion at those two bottom levels, and putting in the ADR above will minimize the adjacent disc syndrome, the likelihood of the next disc in line disintegrating from the extra load put on it.
It is a good compromise from all the other conflicting opinions we've had.
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DDD
Herniated discs C4/5 & 5/6, L3/4, L4/5, L5/S1
Severe compression of spinal cord in two levels
All conventional therapy exhausted, including spinal injections, PT, massage, etc.
In appeal with Gov't Insurance for Out-of-country coverage for ADR hybrid surgery of above discs.
Recently discovered that I am severely allergic to all common metals used in surgical hardware except for Titanium.
Last edited by Katie; 04-08-2009 at 09:55 AM.
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