My story....new here...chemically sensitive disc

[cavalier]

Hi there the block not giving you any relief is a good thing - if I am understanding you correctly as in my case it was NOT my pain generator.

I have heard good things about Dr Bitan - do let us know what he has to say on you.

As to paying for surgery in Germany we did that as back then I could not keep waiting longer & it was 04 & not FDA approved here yet. However, with that said now i am facing a need with my Cervical and it is awfully hard to pull more money back out of the hat as we are older & jobs the economy - 2 kids in college we are paying for etc. So getting insurance to pay is a must for me - I am facing at least 2 levels for sure possibly 3 TBD by discogram for the 3rd.
Due to being more than one level some doc's here say they cant do anything but a fusion as not a single ADR so I am still looking as i would like at least 2 concurring opinions.
Jill

[Keano16]

Dear dridobits,

I am son of person who wrote few PM's to you. I am handling her case for past 2 years and I will continue writing from now on.

I have 1 normal message for you, and 1 very very important.

1. Go to neurosurgeon and suggest him that you need some type of intradiscal therapy (not IDET!!!). That may help in healing your chemicall reaction between nucleus and anulus.

2. Very important message, light on the end of the tunell:
Yes, PLDD (percutaneous laser disc decompression) can and might help you (and my mother).

I am doing a big research on chemically sensitive discs, anulus, nucleus, role of sinu-vertebral nerve, etc.

As you maybe know, PLDD was founded in 1986. by Daniel Choy, Neurosurgeon from USA. Method has very high rate of success (BUT only when used on INDICATION!!!!!).

I bought PLDD book from Dr. Choy, and read something very very interesting regarding our cases. So, PLDD is used for treating herniated (protruded, extruded) discs.

One patient came to Dr. Choy and asked to be operated. Dr. Choy didn't wanted to do it becuase patient had this diagnosis:
"L4-5 disc lesion".

Patient again isisted to be operated, Dr. Choy signed some papers to exclude him of being responsable to any damage to this persons health, operated him with PLDD (1500 joules) and surgery was 100% success.

Why is this case connected to us?

1. My mothers neurosugeon will try this approach in September
2. Why? Lesion is sometimes called "Grade 3 Radial Anular Tear", which irritates sinu-vertebral nerve. Irritation causes pains in 3 dics. Quote "Amazingly, the sinuvertebral nerve also innervates (connects to) the disc above and below". This irritation is often called "Chemically sensitive disc".

I hope you have doctor that has laser device.

Regards