Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
05-28-2013, 01:14 PM
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
05-24-2013, 10:43 PM
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Update
I'm going to keep this short, but plan on coming back later to expound.
The short story is that I am doing awesome. I still work as a firefighter (Captain).....I have 2 little boys and 1 on the...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
06-13-2011, 03:00 AM
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
05-13-2011, 09:25 PM
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
03-14-2009, 02:54 AM
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Update March 09
Things are going well out in Colorado. No doubt glad that I had the surgery. I am still dealing with some nerve issues (bi lateral, especially upon sitting). I am not really sure whether they are...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
11-02-2008, 08:43 PM
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3 weeks
It's hard to believe it has been 3 weeks already. Right now I am focusing on healing and getting back into shape. If you have read my blog at all, you will know that I believe that managed activity...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
10-20-2008, 10:21 PM
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Home sweet home
We stepped in the front door about 40 minutes ago. The wachine machine is running and we are about to get in the shower. The flight was not bad at all. I made sure that I stayed plenty mobile due to...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
10-19-2008, 08:55 PM
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Ripe to Heal....So long from Munich
Well, it's sunday night and we will be heading home tomorrow. We will be flying directly from Munich to Denver.
We have had a wonderful week in Munich. I cannot say enough about how beautiful and...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
10-16-2008, 08:00 PM
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Pictures..
Went to upload them...having problem with JPG format. Says "this in not a valid image format" I checked the size...it fits within parameters for JPG...
MARK.....Help!!! or anyone else with...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
10-16-2008, 02:05 PM
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Final Payment....More to come
Final payment was about 25K Euros....This was less than anticipated due to:
No need for another MRI
No Discogram
Checked out 1 day early
Anesthesiologist was considerably less.
It's nice...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
10-15-2008, 03:05 PM
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Plans
Thanks everyone for the encouraging thoughts. We are out and about today. Tomorrow is the final meeting with Dr. Zeegers...I think more of a formality at this point. We took some pics yesterday, will...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
10-14-2008, 09:59 AM
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Tuesday at Alpha....and the "Zeegers Shove"
Its tuesday morning at Alpha Klinik, and I am waiting to meet with Dr. Zeegers and get payment taken care of. I actually checked out of the clinic last night, which was a day early. Mark first...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
10-13-2008, 09:21 AM
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I never liked Mondays....but today is different
Yesterday (Sunday) I had the drain removed from my stomach (that could not come soon enough). There's nothing like carrying a 32oz bottle full of blood/fluids from a surgical wound everywhere you go....
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
10-12-2008, 10:46 AM
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
10-11-2008, 09:08 PM
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Thanks for the support
Ispine Gang,
Thanks for the encouraging words. I did do the shuffle from the operating room and spooky is a pretty good description. Thankfully, due to resources like Ispine, I was prepared for...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
10-11-2008, 02:03 PM
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Settling In
Well, it's saturday afternoon around 4pm. I just got back from my first real walk. The abdominal pain (although certainly real) was not my problem. The issue was my continual reaction to the...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
10-10-2008, 07:36 PM
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Cool Hardware
Well its, a little after 9:15 in the evening in Munich. I am laying in my room with my wife and son beside me. I will post more later on this evening, but the short story is that the discs I have now...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
10-09-2008, 06:59 PM
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Discography
The discography was completed a few months ago. The results were very conclusive and reproduced my pain exactly. Dr. Zeegers saw no reason to do another. I was very clear with him regarding tests. I...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
10-09-2008, 05:03 PM
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They should call thursday sunrise to sundown
That's how long you should plan to be a the clinic on your test day. Let's go over what you get.
Strength and Muscle Recruitment Test:
Test lumbar strength via Medx (very interesting and relevant...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
10-09-2008, 09:54 AM
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Alpha Klinik Does Indeed Exist...Kind of
I tried getting on the Alphaklink.com website last night...and it no longer existed. I googled alphaklinik and got the ATOS website. As Mark has documented, this has been in the works for some time....
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
10-08-2008, 06:57 PM
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In Munich
After countless hours of travel...we are here. Testing at Alphaklinik tomorrow at 9am. Our intial impression of Munich has been very positive. We're hitting the showers and getting out to get...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
10-08-2008, 12:48 PM
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I knew there was a reason to listen to Mark
I have read a few posts from Mark to not make your travel plans to tight. We decided to come a day early just in case something happened.....Well, we were supposed to fly through Dulles (DC) and get...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
10-07-2008, 10:47 AM
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And Their Off !!
Well it's 4:45 in the morning and we are brewing coffee, feeding babies, and waiting for our dear Heather to come over and pick us up in about an hour. We will be traveling from Denver to DC...then...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
10-05-2008, 08:10 PM
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
10-03-2008, 10:12 PM
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Geoff's Blog - Alpha Klinik-L4/L5/S1 - ActivL
Well it's a little early yet, but it finally feels like it is actually going to happen. Surgery is scheduled for next friday (10/10). I kind of feel like the kid with the Golden Ticket to Willy...
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