Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
05-15-2010, 02:18 PM
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re Dr.D
Gil,
Re Dr.D.- if you have the opportunity to go and see him or have him review your case then I'd go ahead with that. I doubt he'd want to see it/review it if he didn't think there was something...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
05-12-2010, 03:56 PM
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Replies: 31
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re four level fusion
I'm with Dale on that one re "no no". I was supposed to have a 3 level global fusion back in 2001 and I'm so very glad I didn't do that.
There were 2 major reasons I didn't want ADR done here...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
05-11-2010, 11:00 PM
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Replies: 31
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re the letter
Gil,
I think the FDA still is hanging with approving one level ADR at this point or has it yet gone to 2? Anyway, it sounds like this letter is stating it appears you have too many levels involved...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
05-11-2010, 03:37 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 14,882
that office
When I first wanted to see Dr.Delamarter in '03 and WC would have auth'd it he wasn't taking WC patients at the time so I was given an appt. with another doctor there who totally blew or the office...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
05-10-2010, 11:46 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 14,882
re illegal
Gil,
I don't think it's illegal for a doctor to not accept WC insurance cases or perhaps out of state WC. I know when I was trying to live in Fla. no one wanted to accept my out of state WC...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
05-10-2010, 01:50 PM
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Replies: 31
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re going forward
Hi Gil,
Good luck with all this stuff. I know the road you're traveling as do many here and I certainly wish you all the best with this spine journey. Hang in there and keep going. As Dale said...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-28-2010, 05:20 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 14,882
my condition today
Gil,
I had my last surgery in '92 with failed back as the lingering diagnosis. Rebulged discs and had scar tissue on my S1 nerve root which was thought to be the cause of burning and pain that I...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-26-2010, 10:58 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 14,882
re plan
Hi Gil,
that was the same route I was taking re my rebulges up until 2006. My surgeries were pretty long ago and I only started getting ESIs in 2001 yet they did help greatly w/my symptoms and in...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-23-2010, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 14,882
re herniation
Gil,
I had started my original post to you with the same thought in mind that Dale mentioned re not having another discectomy or at least not at the same level. I just think they're basically a...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-22-2010, 05:21 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 14,882
reherniation
I had two discectomies and both rebulged. I'm pretty certain the work on L5S1 set L4 up for more rapid demise and then the work on L4 really rattled my cage so to speak. Further surgeries were...
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