Forum: iSpine
01-20-2007, 08:39 PM
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Views: 3,366
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Forum: iSpine
01-15-2007, 03:33 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 6,980
Dan (djscal), Blair, Laura, Dave,
I'm with...
Dan (djscal), Blair, Laura, Dave,
I'm with Laura on waiting. At the 2004 GPN seminar Dr. Yeung reminded us that there wasn't always back surgery and people usually get better. Now with the ADR...
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Forum: iSpine
12-29-2006, 12:06 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 6,980
Laura,
Thanks for the excellent info. Looks...
Laura,
Thanks for the excellent info. Looks like all I can do is hang on to see what unfolds, better or worse.
For now I'm getting used to limitations. I continue to manage myself better to...
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Forum: iSpine
12-24-2006, 04:42 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 6,980
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Forum: iSpine
12-24-2006, 04:15 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,746
For the first two years after ADR I was always...
For the first two years after ADR I was always complaining on other forums about popping of my lumbar. I would be miserable for days or weeks, then as a result of some motion I could detect a pop or...
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Forum: iSpine
12-18-2006, 01:32 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,780
Allan,
Mark's stress analysis is right on. ...
Allan,
Mark's stress analysis is right on. The stresses aren't in the direction to be of concern to the keel. Beyond that the strength of this type of alloy known as a "super alloy" in the world...
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Forum: iSpine
12-17-2006, 12:04 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,509
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Forum: iSpine
12-13-2006, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 9,440
That's exactly the way I think about it! Like...
That's exactly the way I think about it! Like pulling your finger way back and leaving it there. If you stop pulling it back right before it gives you sharp pain, that's what it reminds me of. ...
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Forum: iSpine
12-13-2006, 05:30 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 9,440
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Forum: iSpine
12-12-2006, 08:19 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 9,440
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Forum: iSpine
12-11-2006, 04:23 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,131
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Forum: iSpine
12-10-2006, 07:13 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 6,980
Blair,
I had the same experience! The evening...
Blair,
I had the same experience! The evening of the surgery I had a new pain. It was the most significant pain, far beyond the surgical pain. It was L5S1 bilateral and felt more posterior...
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Forum: Community Support - NSR
11-28-2006, 07:01 PM
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Replies: 356
Views: 74,101
Political Cows 101
DEMOCRATIC
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
You feel guilty for being successful.
Barbara Streisand sings for you.
REPUBLICANISM
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
So?
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Forum: Community Support - NSR
11-23-2006, 08:55 PM
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Replies: 356
Views: 74,101
An old classic
A lady goes to her priest one day and tells him, "Father, I have a problem. I have two female talking parrots, but they only know how to say one thing."
"What do they say?" the priest inquired.
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Forum: iSpine
11-10-2006, 03:51 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,939
Bob,
I hope you can find a doctor who cares...
Bob,
I hope you can find a doctor who cares enough to keep looking until the pain is found. The incentives just aren't there for a doctor to do investigative work. Procedures pay big and that's...
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Forum: iSpine
11-06-2006, 05:47 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,939
Hi Bob,
I can't recall ever coming across an...
Hi Bob,
I can't recall ever coming across an authoritative answer to your question but I can give you my opinion and some info tidbits I've stumbled across over the past few years.
Totally...
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Forum: Community Support - NSR
11-04-2006, 05:29 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,981
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Forum: iSpine
10-23-2006, 04:08 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,485
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Forum: iSpine
10-16-2006, 01:44 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 7,520
I wasn't convinced antidepressants worked, but...
I wasn't convinced antidepressants worked, but several weeks after stopping a low dose of Elavil (10mg/day) I became 'weepy' and my chronic discomfort and pain became noticeably higher. I quit...
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Forum: iSpine
10-16-2006, 01:20 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 6,980
Lorna,
Yes, your pain sounds similar. Thanks...
Lorna,
Yes, your pain sounds similar. Thanks for letting me know your story. I have the radicular pain but it's intermittent and not too bad. There are two main components of pain that really...
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Forum: iSpine
10-01-2006, 07:25 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,485
I Met Dr. Bertagnoli Face2Face Today!!
What an opportunity Mark (mmglobal) opened up for me today. He left a message on my phone this morning saying that Dr. Bertagnoli could meet me at noon today at the Seattle Westin where NASS was...
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Forum: iSpine
09-30-2006, 05:08 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,874
Mark,
A body cast? Dr. B is very...
Mark,
A body cast? Dr. B is very innovative. The fact that one leg needs to be casted to immobilize the lumbar has meaning to me. That part of my pain that's motion dependent is highest when...
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Forum: Community Support - NSR
09-28-2006, 08:36 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,981
Congratulations!!!!
Mark,
Fantastic news on the goings-on with your family. So glad to hear it.
Hey, maybe we can get Pell grants!
Jim
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Forum: iSpine
09-28-2006, 08:14 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,551
Whoa!
Paulette,
That's fantastic!! I thought the pictures would show you rolling down a paved road. No way, you were really doin the off-road mountain thing.
I have an lumbar MRI of a L5S1 and the...
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Forum: iSpine
09-28-2006, 07:59 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,874
I hope it's not too Late to ask
Mark,
Here's some questions.
What are possible end-game scenarios for a post-ADR patient who has significant facet pain? Will the pain stay forever? Will the facets wear down to bone on bone...
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