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02-22-2009, 11:03 AM
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Cindy I think Maria wants to know what the SIJ symptoms you have are.
Dr Stark sounds like a knight in shining armour! It's funny how things fell into place with your appt and CT....it must be a higher power at work! Like Terry Im also having what I think are SIJ issues and have booked bilateral injections next month so Im following your story closely. If it were up to me Id just have my whole scoliotic spine fused and be done with it but my surgeon will not even entertain the thought! BTW, very sorry to hear of you friend(s)and their suffering. Cathy 
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02-22-2009, 01:57 PM
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Oh, thank-you Cathy, for that clarification. My symptoms are a throbbing, crushing, stabbing (when I slightly adjust my sitting) pain across low back. You know, ladies, recall back in the day when we proudly wore our two piece swimsuits? And then remember the cute little dimples (bilateral) that were just above the panty line of our two piece bottom? Those dimples are our SI joints. Thank God I'm not a doctor, huh?!
 My point is, it's right in that area. And when Dr. Stark examined me physically, he REALLY examined me. More thorough than any doctor I have ever had. When he had me laying down on the table, face up, he would stretch his arm way under my back, and press very firm (saying sorry, sorry) to test pain generators. And when he pushed on those SI joints to attempt to recreate the pain, I about flew off the table. I think it is definitely Heaven sent, this encounter, and pray my insurance covers this procedure. I believe I should know tomorrow, so I'll keep you all abreast of that. If it's not covered, beware, I will plummet into deep depression, so please feel free to PM, call me, under those circumstances.  Cindylou
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bicycle accident 6/01: 2 compression fractures @ T12-L1; vertibroplasty; 4/06: right hip labral tear & arthroscopic repair; 4/07: lumbar prodiscs @ 3 levels, L3-6 by Dr. Bertagnoli; 7/02/08: ALIF L6-S1; 7/30/08: reopened to remove bone cement, leaked onto S1 nerve root; 8/08: pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, pleurisy, pleural effusion; ALIF fusion complete; 3/10/09: SI Joint Fusion by Dr. Stark; Jury still out.
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02-23-2009, 06:00 PM
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Hoping you hear good news today CL.
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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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02-24-2009, 08:20 AM
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Cindylou,
Hope all the news in the coming week (s) is good. I just got an injection in my right SI joint and it is feeling better (I think). The SIJ started hurting me a couple of months ago and I couldn't do my mini bridges anymore. Sorry, about your friend, I have seen way too many people approach their end of life and I am happy to see your friend has hospice. Hang in there and I hope this helps your pain. Runner
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02-24-2009, 01:29 PM
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Well, I never heard from Dr. Stark's office yesterday about whether this SI joint fusion surgery would be covered, and I was in too emotional of a state (see community support post) to call them and hear a possible "no, it's not covered." So, I am holding my breathe on this one. Not sure I want to call today either.
 I so don't want bad news. I tried to look it up online with my benefits, but couldn't find it. Then wondered if maybe it had a different name I wasn't plugging in. They did tell me on Friday they would call me when they knew, so I guess I'm taking the very passive approach on this one. Will let you know when I hear. Please keep praying it's covered.Cindylou
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bicycle accident 6/01: 2 compression fractures @ T12-L1; vertibroplasty; 4/06: right hip labral tear & arthroscopic repair; 4/07: lumbar prodiscs @ 3 levels, L3-6 by Dr. Bertagnoli; 7/02/08: ALIF L6-S1; 7/30/08: reopened to remove bone cement, leaked onto S1 nerve root; 8/08: pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, pleurisy, pleural effusion; ALIF fusion complete; 3/10/09: SI Joint Fusion by Dr. Stark; Jury still out.
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02-24-2009, 05:26 PM
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Cindylou,
You know how insurance companies are with fusion, they just want to fuse, fuse , fuse and fuse some more. Thinking about that, it is probably a good chance it will qualify. Each surgery has those codes that match up with the surgery. Even when Blue Cross denied my ADR, I got a hold of a paper that had the code for the surgery and the "certificiation". So don't worry too much. Keep the faith, Runner
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