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Old 08-05-2009, 12:33 AM
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Mark,

You wrote something that makes me worried: "IMHO, some times the presence of the autofusion process indicates that there is a problem and the body is trying take care of it. (See eddieG's story...) "

Can you please send me eddieG's information, I am new here and don't know how to find his story...

Thank you.
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2008 L3-S1 decompression
2007 L4-L5 fusion
2006 C6-C7 foraminotomy
2005 L4-L5 Prodisc and L5-S1 fusion
2005 C5/C6 and C6/C7 Prodisc-C
2002 L4-L5 microdiscectomy
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Old 08-05-2009, 05:25 PM
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Energy,
I believe you're correct in terms of matters not who the surgeon is as much as the patients own anatomy or bodily response to the surgeries performed.

As for Dr.Bradford.. he was the surgeon first authorized to do my 2 level ADR back in '03 but the trial canceled out and even tho I finally ended up with an ADR at L4 and fusion at L5S1 being authorized I have done nothing further to date re my lumbar. Of all the surgeons I have seen I liked Dr.Bradford's bedside manner quite a bit. He actually looked at me and patted my knee and said "I'll try to make you better".. wish he could have done the surgery way back when. He was having shoulder probs at the time tho and I think he was retiring as well.

I too have some cervical issues going on now (disc bulge at C5/6 and DDD at 3 levels)... I'm told that it's more genetic/hereditary in terms of my DDD.

I'm pretty much believing anything can happen when there's surgical intervention of the spine.

Good luck with pain relief~ I think that's the most important thing as long as you've still got function going for you.

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