Chemically sensitive disc findings by Dr. Richard Derby
Dr. Derby here in northern CA is the doctor who was the first person to diagnose me and understand my problem. After my block and my description he looked at me and said "oh, you have a chemically sensitive disc".
Other people have different names for this.
Below is the link to what Dr. Derby wrote about this. I had to give it to my HMO doctor as they had no idea what he was talking about. In it is also gives valuable information as to the type of fusion necessary if one wants to do this.
It's really good to read if you think you might have this. Also..PT does not work for this condition to the best of my knowledge it can make it worse as it did in my case.
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Chemically sensitive disc/Annular tears, DDD, mild bulging, facet arthritus
Dancing accident in 96. tried PT, acupuncture, pilates, pain mgmt. nothing worked. Epidurals, facet blocks, caudal blocks, discogram. Opiates for ten years, oral prednisone, toradol inj. & more.
Two level spinal fusion with BMS, cages, hardware. due to bone density problems from chemotherapy, they had to go in front and back. Surgery Nov. 6, 2010. So far no regrets.
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