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05-15-2009, 02:54 PM
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Question about Germany
For those of you who've been: are there phones in the hospital rooms? And do they have wireless internet available in the hospital?
Thanks! Jess
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36 year old mom of 7 in SC. MRI 4/2008 shows bulging disc with annular tear @ 4/L5 and and complete herniation at L5/S1. 9/11/08 Laminectomy , successful to a point...relieved nerve pain, but after 4 months was still having severe disc pain. Treatments tried: epidural shots, oral pain killers, NSAID's, TENS massage, chiropractic care, deep tissue massage. Oh, and plenty of our homemade wine!  May 26 2009, 2 level ADR, L4-S1, Dr. Bertagnoli, Straubing, Germany 
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05-15-2009, 06:30 PM
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Good question Jess. I hope there are phones.
I found out it would cost $1.25/min for any call to/from my cell phone while in Germany. I will be instructing my family and friends, not to call me while I am in Germany, they can email me. I will probably make one phone call home, after surgery (or I should say my boyfriend will be making a call) to let my Mom know how I am doing. I will rely on her to call everyone else. But then I will use email to send out more detailed information later. But I was hoping there would be a phone in the room, so my boyfriend and I could use that and the phone at the hotel to call each other.
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Cathy 46 years old. 12-15 years of intermittent pain, 2 years with constant pain. DDD, L4-5 and L5-S1, pain confirmed by discogram. PT, ESI's, Facet injection and block, Acupuncture - all no help. 2-level (Prodisc-L) ADR surgery with Dr. Bertagnoli, May 26, 2009. Currently taking Opana-ER (tapering off) and oxycodone
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05-15-2009, 06:39 PM
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yes to both
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ddd 1990 2003 mri,xrays,shots,emg 2004 discogram ouch pos l4 l5 facet block neg lost all appeals BCBS 5 months of that 3 surgeons later surgery with dr. bertagnoli aug 2nd 2006 in Bogen Germany Successfully ProDisc-L L-4 L-5
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05-16-2009, 12:43 AM
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You can get international calling cards to use over there, and it is only 2 to 3 cents/minute. I'm not sure if you can use them on your cell phones, but it will work on a land line for sure. Maybe check with the cell phone company to see if they will accept them for that.
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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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05-16-2009, 01:42 AM
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The price for using the phones in the hospital rooms is very reasonable.
If you have an unlocked cell phone, the cheapest way I've found to communicate with an eplus prepaid SIM card... .15 to connect to US, then .09 Euro cents/minute. .25/.15 for inside Europe. Incoming calls are free, but have a premium charge to caller (additional fee, something like .20/minute) as do most European cell phones. Wireless internet free at St. Elisabeth (I'm not sure if it's ready for public, but technically it's been working for a year.) T-Mobile hotspots (paid WLAN access) in cafeterias at both hospitals. Wired internet great at Bogen, costs 5 Euro/day. I have cell phones you can borrow if we meet up, but I may leave earlier now due to schedule changes.
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1997 MVA 2000 L4-5 Microdiscectomy/laminotomy 2001 L5-S1 Micro-d/lami 2002 L4-S1 Charite' ADR - SUCCESS! 2009 C3-C4, C5-C6-C7, T1-T2 ProDisc-C Nova Summer 2009, more bad thoracic discs! Life After Surgery Website President: Global Patient Network, Inc. Founder: www.iSpine.org
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