Forum: iSpine
07-21-2011, 12:54 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 12,069
new anti inflamitory
Zipsor is supposed to go to the area of inflamtion only and then you urinate the rest out of your system. I got a sample yesterday and will let all know if it helps any...As for the muscle relaxant,...
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Forum: iSpine
07-19-2011, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 12,069
I was Gabapentin
Gabapentin (spelling?) is the generic for Neurontin. It only helped me for about a year then we kept upping the does until I began to have vision issues! Also, it does make you gain weight as well...
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Forum: iSpine
07-13-2011, 01:43 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 26,148
Nope
I had facet rhizotomy and it didn't help me at all. All the test blocks they did worked for about 1 1/2 weeks then all of those wonderful steriods and pain meds went by-by. They do that to test...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
06-26-2011, 02:24 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 13,542
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Forum: iSpine
06-25-2011, 09:52 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,036
better safe than sorry
i would much rather be in a hospital if at all possible just in case something went wrong and i need another area of care.
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Forum: Abstracts and Articles
06-25-2011, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 5,740
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Forum: iSpine
06-25-2011, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,036
yes
they are called that i guess in most places.
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Forum: iSpine
06-25-2011, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 7,875
no
it is used to repair the disc where it stands. it is to keep from having to remove it or at least prolong that.
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Forum: iSpine
06-25-2011, 01:28 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 12,545
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Forum: iSpine
06-25-2011, 01:27 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,371
me too
had facet rhizotomy and it didn't help me at all.
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Forum: iSpine
06-24-2011, 02:48 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 12,545
go by the symptoms
if i had gone by the symptoms rather than what they looked at the mri and said was my cause i'd be better off. they did fusion on the levels that were not the problem. i know those areas needed...
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Forum: iSpine
06-24-2011, 12:40 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 12,545
by the way
I always knew my head wasn't screwed on straight. :rolleyes:
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Forum: iSpine
06-24-2011, 12:39 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 7,875
GELs in future in spine surgery article
Gels are becoming the tools of the future in spine surgery and back pain management
Spine surgery is increasingly at the crossroads of medicine and technology, and the latest discovery from...
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Forum: iSpine
06-24-2011, 12:35 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,036
Note from 9th annual Ortho conference in Chicago
Robert Nucci, MD, a surgeon at Citrus Park Surgery Center, gave a presentation titled "Minimally Invasive Outpatient Lumbar fusions and Multi-Level Outpatient Cervical Disc Replacements" at the 9th...
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Forum: iSpine
06-21-2011, 12:09 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 12,545
understanding
adr seeker, i think what you are looking for here is some sympathy and empathy. you have these feeling because you're in pain. Please let us all remember that pain makes you think, feel, act...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
06-21-2011, 12:02 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 10,440
remember this
initially you may feel symptoms subside right after surgery because they have released that nerve...then there is some swelling and inflamtion that takes place afterwards because your body is trying...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
06-01-2011, 11:52 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 13,542
follow up to thread
So how are all of us multi level c-spiners doing? I a bit worse; no surprize:o
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Forum: iSpine
06-01-2011, 11:49 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 6,176
about my husband
thankfully he knows to ask if something needs to be placed in the dyrer. i have facial nere pain from my cranial nerves; so much stress from the peek cage at c3/4, pain is a daily thing for me. they...
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Forum: iSpine
05-25-2011, 11:10 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 3,120
2 year study on adr for 2 levels!!!
2-Year Results: Artificial Disc A Viable Alternative To Fusion For 2-Level Disc Disease
Article in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery will be subject of educational video
When two adjacent discs...
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Forum: iSpine
05-18-2011, 02:04 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 13,991
Same here
Hi Jarrod, I m loosing control of hand function my c6/7 t1 is so bad. As you can see from my sig I have a three level fusion already. The DDD is worse!!! I have had to retype this reply a few times...
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Forum: iSpine
05-03-2011, 01:52 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,988
Those of us with multi levels left behind
It make me sad and without hope that the spine community of doctors, devices, insurance, and FDA give little hope to those of us with multi level DDD. Even though we know how contined fusion affects...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
03-31-2011, 01:53 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 6,833
Surgery should be the last option
Dear B2L, So ask yourself and your doctor, have we done we we can? If the answer is yes, then most likely surgery is the next step. As you know from reading the posts on here, it does NOT always...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
03-27-2011, 01:43 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,334
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Forum: iSpine
03-13-2011, 05:40 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 8,932
findings vs reality
Radiologist can give all the findings they want. One may give a completely different finding than another. One would think that they would go by the systems. It can become confusing...
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Forum: iSpine
03-13-2011, 05:37 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,824
MRI vs CT Myelogram
MRI is better for seeing the soft tissue such as the nerve roots and spinal cord, between the facets but the CT myelogram will show more of the bone such as spurs and so forth. Okay, so enough of...
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