Thanks again for the support. Well I saw Dr. Balderston today at Pennsylvania Hospital.
He said I really need to pursue surgery ASAP and said if it was his back or his brother's that he would definitely have Dr. Bertagnoli do it. We talked about the upcoming Spine Arthroplasty Society meeting at the end of April in London. He will be presenting a few abstracts.
I also saw my pain management doc this morning and he increased all of my pain medications. He even doubled the strength of my fentanyl patch. Uggh.
I'll keep everyone posted... it looks like surgery is around the corner.
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-Justin
1994 Football Injury
1997 Snow Skiing Injury
Laminotomy L4/L5 (3.7.97--17 years old)
1999 & 2003 MVA (not at fault both times)
Grade V Tears L4/L5 & L5/L6
2-Level ProDisc® L4/L5 & L5/L6* *lumbosacral transitional vertebra (11.15.03--23 years old)
Dr. Rudolf Bertagnoli -- dr-bertagnoli.com
Pain-free for the last 4.5 yrs.
5.14.09 DSS with Dr. B.
I'm here to help.  Only checking PMs currently.
Last edited by Justin; 05-04-2009 at 03:15 AM.
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