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I LOVE MY DOCTOR.....and he's from Kaiser! Never thought I would ever say that!!! Dr.Ravi Baines, Oakland, CA. He is warm, caring, head of the spine dept and was confident he could help me. I always liked what Dr. Zeegers said "I can't give you a new back, but I can give you a new life". Someone correct me if I have written this wrong. I'll never ever be who or what I was before, but that's ok if I can have moments.
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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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