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Thank you so much for responding, I appreciate it. I'm guessing the reason why my doctor didnt mention that I had a bulging disc was b/c that it's not related to my symptoms, and he believes that my pain is directly related to my facet joints. This makes sense to me because all of my symptoms point to my facet joints and the rhizo significantly helped the pain on my left side, since I don't feel it anymore. I'm guessing that when a bulging disc is a problem is when its hitting the sciatic nerve and then causes pain. My mom suffered from a bulging disc, but didnt have surgery and now she's fine.
I think youre right that the bulging disc is nothing at this point considering my symptoms, but I wonder if it's directly related to the Charite because I didnt have a bulging disc before my ADR.
Again thanks for the info on those terms I tried googling it but was having problems. Hope you're doing well.
I'm going in for a facet block next week so hopefully that will help with the pain.
Thanks.
Blair
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2001 College Ice hockey injury
2002 DDD
2002-2004 epiderals
Spondylolisthesis
1/04 fall in Vegas
1/04-5/04 epiderals
6/24/04 Charite L5/S1
10/04-present new pain from facet joints caused by Charite; 10 facet blocks
12/06 rhizotomy left side
3/07 rhizotomy right side
5/10/2007 Charite removed, anterior IF, posterior instrumentation
180 mg MS-contin; Oxycodone; 16 mg Zanaflex
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