I am so extremely thrilled to get to be on this side of surgery! I thought this day would never come. Lots of persistence and research finally paid off. For anyone still in the before surgery process, don't give up. it took me almost 3 years to finally find out exactly what was wrong with me. It then was another 5 months of fighting insurance and being denied. Signing up for a clinical trial and being disqualified due to prior spinal litigation. I finally found a clinical trial that I wanted to be in, found the best dr (thanks to the great people on here), was accepted into the trial and got a surgery date. I truly believe that everything happens for a reason and it was God's plan for me to end up exactly where I did for surgery, with my surgeon and with the Active L disc.
Mark-would you move my two post-op threads in the main forum and attach them to this?
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34 years old-
1/06- In wreck with 18 wheeler
Numerous MRI's, PT, chiropractic, accupuncture, TENS therapy, massage therapy, facet injections, epidural injections, Nerve study, Discogram, confirms pain in L4/5, IDET, decompression, Bi-lateral neurotomy L3/4/5, denied by insurance twice, in Active L clinical trial, had surgery March 17, 2009 in Miami, FL- received Active L disc
Had Baby #3 after ADR!
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