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Forum: iSpine 08-24-2009, 10:36 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 5,754
Posted By cavalier
Dale - U nailed it 6 wk's for the bulk of it -...

Dale - U nailed it 6 wk's for the bulk of it - cant drive for 4 to 5 wk's will try to not get too ansy :)

Thanks I am at peace & relieved. SO important to have the right doc that cant be...
Forum: iSpine 08-24-2009, 05:13 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 5,754
Posted By cavalier
am home sun 5 pm

Hi keeping this short typing one handed. This surgery really kicks your butt more so than my back surgeries or other surgeries I have had, so I get very tired still. Muscles are trying hard to pull...
Forum: iSpine 08-01-2009, 11:55 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 5,754
Posted By cavalier
Keeping this short but thanks Dale. I pray that...

Keeping this short but thanks Dale. I pray that God watches over all of us & gets us to the other side.

Jill
Forum: iSpine 07-30-2009, 06:07 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 5,754
Posted By cavalier
Was on the fence about seeing another doc but...

Was on the fence about seeing another doc but felt something nagging still. It was simply that I felt we were missing something that until i felt this one piece was covered. My concern was my...
Forum: iSpine 07-24-2009, 10:02 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,464
Posted By cavalier
Just got back home from seeing a doc in St Louis...

Just got back home from seeing a doc in St Louis very tired, I am seeing doc’s for a injury I did a year ago that didn’t heal quite right. Dr T thinks I tore the pec minor & maybe the scalenes too...
Forum: iSpine 07-24-2009, 10:01 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 5,754
Posted By cavalier
Just got back home from seeing a doc in St Louis...

Just got back home from seeing a doc in St Louis very tired, I am seeing doc’s for a injury I did a year ago that didn’t heal quite right. Dr T thinks I tore the pec minor & maybe the scalenes too...
Forum: iSpine 07-13-2009, 01:17 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,464
Posted By cavalier
Hey Dale - I NEED to clarify something TOS is a...

Hey Dale - I NEED to clarify something TOS is a fairly common condition - just my having a extra CERVICAL rib is what only less than 1 % of the population has. I am seeing Dr Thompson who is a...
Forum: iSpine 07-09-2009, 02:30 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 12,414
Posted By cavalier
Hey Josh from Aurora - I would suggest you...

Hey Josh from Aurora - I would suggest you include the Rush doctors they have BOTH Spine Orthos Goldberg is one of them & Also Spine Neurosurgeons - go to the web & find them & the contacts. Dr An is...
Forum: iSpine 07-09-2009, 03:21 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,464
Posted By cavalier
50 - 50% split between the Spine Specialists

Update - without naming the doc's names - this is such a mixed bag so far.

I have 4 long time spine specialists who say I need at least 2 level ADR for my neck & this should help my arms & the...
Forum: iSpine 07-06-2009, 07:01 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 3,056
Posted By cavalier
________________________________________ One...

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One thing while I still dont have the question if the core itself has changed or not between the Prodisc C & the newer Prodisc C Nova - I did call to the...
Forum: iSpine 07-05-2009, 08:46 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 3,056
Posted By cavalier
Nova Prodisc compared to original Prodisc C ?

Have gone to the net to try to find this answer & am not finding it. I know they revised the upper keels on the Nova Prodisc compared to it's former model but can anyone tell me if the polyethylene...
Forum: iSpine 07-02-2009, 03:22 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 5,921
Posted By cavalier
Really ? on the H/A's i have them all of the time...

Really ? on the H/A's i have them all of the time no med's can touch them. Mine start usually at the back of my neck like someone whapped me with a baseball bat on the back of my neck when I wake up...
Forum: iSpine 07-02-2009, 03:01 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 5,116
Posted By cavalier
I have never found Mark pushy - he offers help &...

I have never found Mark pushy - he offers help & if someone says for now no that is fine - he is simply there if you need his services. On the flip side of this if he didn't offer help many folks who...
Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs 07-01-2009, 12:48 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,369
Posted By cavalier
I TOTALLY agree with you Dale - while sitting is...

I TOTALLY agree with you Dale - while sitting is not that improved - I was used to that limitation anyways as I didn't have that before ADR - however I still consider the surgery a TOTAL success...
Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs 06-29-2009, 01:42 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,369
Posted By cavalier
update from Cavalier 5 yr's later - HAPPY VERY happy

My ADR L4L5 birthday is almost upon me- on July5th 2004 so my ADR is coming on 5 yr's old :) sitting is still not my best position but I still take nothing for this & considering what I had & what we...
Forum: iSpine 06-28-2009, 08:29 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 4,766
Posted By cavalier
JC - forgive me but i am not clear which place...

JC - forgive me but i am not clear which place did your disco - At TBI or out in Calif ? Do you have to wait for the other 1/2 of the disc to be completed at a different place than the 1st ? I feel...
Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs 06-27-2009, 10:26 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 5,388
Posted By cavalier
OK Ken - I saw where your films are at - thanks I...

OK Ken - I saw where your films are at - thanks I didn't know how or where people posted those at :) I had to reread your note - as I looked at your films 1st in what I honestly thought in my...
Forum: iSpine 06-27-2009, 09:03 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 5,754
Posted By cavalier
Once again as in the past with my lumbar - USA...

Once again as in the past with my lumbar - USA doc's are saying either do no surgery for the neck & do TOS surgery instead, which is a rather complicated & risky surgery or do a 2 level fusion for...
Forum: iSpine 06-27-2009, 04:06 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,396
Posted By cavalier
I debate on posting this but - I found a WIDE...

I debate on posting this but - I found a WIDE variety of opinions for my own progressive spondylo & yes I was bone on bone - most were fusions - & I was todl my facets were not the best shape. I did...
Forum: iSpine 06-27-2009, 03:41 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 3,361
Posted By cavalier
Have seen the commerical - it is the same...

Have seen the commerical - it is the same principle as the Wobble Chair that Some Chiro use look up Pettibone Chiropratic - It is a good idea for the manuevers are safe if you are in reasonably OK...
Forum: iSpine 06-24-2009, 09:21 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 5,754
Posted By cavalier
LOL - normal - is subjective. Much of this...

LOL - normal - is subjective. Much of this depends on the technique of the surgeon & what I am finding is the techniques for the VARY quite a bit - why I dont know. So that is the trick. Yes about 6...
Forum: iSpine 06-24-2009, 04:37 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 5,754
Posted By cavalier
Oh I forgot to mention it causes 4th & 5th...

Oh I forgot to mention it causes 4th & 5th digitis numbness & tingling & circulation issues & wrist & hand weakness & neck pain & shoulder pain arm pain so it iis confusing as it can overlap with...
Forum: iSpine 06-24-2009, 04:34 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 5,754
Posted By cavalier
Dale I am sorry TOS means Thoracic Outlet...

Dale I am sorry TOS means Thoracic Outlet Syndrome - a big name for the fact that everyone has a Thoracic Outlet this is what carries the bloos flow & nerve pathways from the cartod artery down into...
Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs 06-21-2009, 08:29 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 5,388
Posted By cavalier
I am not a doc but i have gotten good about...

I am not a doc but i have gotten good about reading MRI's sadly from my 10 yr's & in looking with different doc's one took the time to really show me. I dont know where to find your album at but you...
Forum: iSpine 06-21-2009, 08:26 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 5,754
Posted By cavalier
Update as it is even more complicated -I have TOS...

Update as it is even more complicated -I have TOS & Cervical issues. Been confirmed now by 5 different doc's on the TOS & all say it needs to come out.
I have been having bad circulation issues in...
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