Thanks. I emailed all of these tests to Dr. Bitan early this week, along with Bone Density (which said I had the bones of someone in the early 20s...yippee...half my age ;-) ), and every other piece of medical paperwork I overturned in my files! I'm hoping since this is very mild arthritis that it won't be a problem. He was going to put the ADR in the C4/5 with fusion in the 5/6.
So it sounds like I am going to still have the facet block to see if they are causing the pain...but that should be less of a chance since the arthritis is so mild, I hope.
Thanks for the explanations...at least I know now why my big toe throbs in bad weather 
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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.
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