Clinical trial stem cell, and disc injection, etc... would like to find

[Maria]

Hi,
Sorry to read that you're having that much pain and up for that degree of surgery. At one time I too was considering a 3 level global fusion but did not have it done as I wanted to see if I was a candidate for ADR surgery which I was at a time but didn't have that done either.

Re the nodding off I used to have this problem as well and I think it was more the first few years I was on the opioid medication altho then again I was taking more types of medication at the time too like also taking gabapentin and fioricet on a regular basis.

I just tried to be careful re the nodding off like whenever cooking I had to stand and stay right by whatever I was cooking so as not to set the house on fire!

You could ask your doctor about something like Provigil which might help you to stay awake.

Do you have a surgical date yet? There are a number of things here on the forum to check out and you might want to enter the questions you have in the search area because I think the doctor in Spain is Dr.Clavel tho am not sure. Several people at least have utilized him and reported back on the endeavor and there are people that have reported on stem cell surgery as well I believe.

Also if you don't have anyone to care for you post op your multi level fusion can you ask your surgeon about going into a Rehab facility for a few weeks immediately post op, that is if you have insurance. You may be qualified to stay and that might be a helpful option at least initially. Otherwise you most likely will need to line some help up somehow or set yourself up well prior to surgery.

I don't know if this is the first time you've posted or not tho if so welcome to the forum and sorry that you've got that much going on tho I do hope whatever is plannned to do will work for you.