Minimally Invasive Oxygen-Ozone Therapy for Lumbar Disk Herniation

[John Galt]

Reporting back.
I had the Ozone shot today. It wasn't painful and the procedure only took about 10 minutes. However, afterwards I did have to lay down for 4 hours in the recovery room before I could leave. Not the worse thing to endure.

I should see progress within a few days to a few weeks.
Will post back.

[Maria]

John,
Just wondering if you could tell me what would b the criteria not to have this done like disc is an ancient bulge, or ? exclusions I guess is what I mean.

Also if you don't mind me asking .. did you pay cash for this procedure or was it covered by your insurance? Not that it would matter for me since everything is denied for me anyway though just thought I'd inquire.

Hope to hear you've had some noticeable relief when next you report.

take care! Maria

[John Galt]

Hi, I don't think that there are any exclusions so long as the disc is the cause. No, insurance will not pay but I'm going to file an appeal. Cost was around $2400

[John Galt]

On second thought. In this study there were exclusions.

Exclusion criteria for oxygen-ozone therapy were neuroradiologic evidence of disk prolapse or free fragments of herniated disk, and major neurologic deficit correlated to disk disease. In these cases, the patients underwent surgical treatment

Minimally Invasive Oxygen-Ozone Therapy for Lumbar Disk Herniation

[John Galt]

Update. One week out and I'm not seeing any improvement in my pain level.

[Maria]

I guess it's been a few weeks now? I saw your last update with no improvement one week out and was just wondering if you've noticed any improvement thus far? I'm hopeful your reply will be yes though knowing spine related things am just hopeful not expectant.

Best wishes still John for some relief

Maria

[John Galt]

Thanks for the well wishes Maria. I may be seeing improvement, hard to say because I usually have up and down days. Nothing miraculous for sure. In theory, healing takes a while so I still have hope but it's fading.