Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
03-21-2009, 02:47 PM
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Forum: iSpine
03-20-2009, 05:03 PM
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Great to hear Kathy. Good luck on the healing.
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Forum: iSpine
03-19-2009, 10:27 PM
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Yes, The best tool is using pubmed. The people at spine journal said the pubmed website pulls of all their studies as well as others, and its free. It just pulls of a basic overview with the...
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Forum: iSpine
03-19-2009, 03:01 PM
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4 levels? WOW! Well, when you are only dealing with 1 or 2 levels, Fusion is a viable option that according to studies, works quite well as long as you are ok with the high risk of needing further...
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Forum: iSpine
03-19-2009, 04:06 AM
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Cant wait to hear from you Kathy! No worries if you have discomfort and pain post surgery, it is to be expected. I just hope the familar old pre op pain is gone. Im 3 weeks post op and am still have...
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Forum: iSpine
03-17-2009, 09:20 PM
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Replies: 12
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Thanks
Thanks to all who replied. It's a starting point.
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Forum: Straubing and Bogen, ProSpine, Dr. Bertagnoli
03-17-2009, 09:18 PM
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Thesientor
Nice and very modern hotel, very clean. I loved the breakfast buffet (which is included in the room rate). 114 euro per night for double bedroom.
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Forum: Straubing and Bogen, ProSpine, Dr. Bertagnoli
03-17-2009, 09:14 PM
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Am platzl
Great 2 night stay. Ma & pop type place and same for the kitchen/restraunt. 2 bed room was 36 euros per night.
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Forum: iSpine
03-17-2009, 12:13 AM
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Forum: iSpine
03-13-2009, 08:13 PM
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Well, good luck Kathy! Ive been hearing you have a top surgeon and thats the most important part. Myself, Im soooo happy that my old pain is gone. Im sore and still recovering but its all surgery...
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Forum: iSpine
03-08-2009, 01:35 PM
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Replies: 31
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Thanks
Thanks for the well wishes everybody. Well, as mark said I finally turned the corner and was able to fly back home. But prior to that, I couldnt hardly go walk anywhere(like going to eat) without...
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Forum: iSpine
02-20-2009, 01:49 AM
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Well, I sent him a PM asking what dates he will...
Well, I sent him a PM asking what dates he will be there. I am also staying at the Theresientor 3/1 thru 3/6. Will be at the Amplatzl while in Bogen before then. Maybe our dates will overlap. We'll...
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Forum: iSpine
02-18-2009, 03:37 AM
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Thanks everyone.
Fortunatley, my mom had 300,000 miles on her AA miles account. It cost her 125,000 miles for the following routing:
I have business seats on AA on a 737 for the DFW /Toronto...
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Forum: iSpine
02-18-2009, 03:26 AM
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Yes, I bought a teater totter hoping it would help my cervical pain but when I used it, I could only feel it working on my lumbar/lower back region. It felt like it would have worked if I had low...
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Forum: iSpine
02-17-2009, 06:12 AM
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Replies: 31
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Fast sugery date with Dr Bertagnoli
I think Mark was as amazed as I was at how fast Dr B's people came back with a surgery date. Mark (MMglobal) submitted my films on Thursday 2/12 and my prognosis/surgical recommendation came back on...
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Forum: iSpine
02-17-2009, 02:56 AM
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Im scheduled for 2 level with Dr Bertagnoli C5/6 & C6/7 on Thursday 2/26. Ill be on the look out for him over there. Maybe Ill PM him at ADR forum to see what hotel he will be staying at and I can...
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Forum: iSpine
02-09-2009, 07:38 AM
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Replies: 11
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Update
Hi everone. I forgot to update this post. Last Friday I made my decison to go with Dr B. and sent all my films/records to Mark for submission. AT $27K, the Price is way better, and I dont risk having...
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Forum: iSpine
02-04-2009, 09:11 AM
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Replies: 11
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Ha ha ha
Oh Yes, Diane, our most favoritist person in the whole wide world,....NOT!! :D
LOL. Yea, I started to tell Dr Ziglar about her approach. I told him that she was making me feel like I was on the...
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Forum: iSpine
02-03-2009, 06:14 PM
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Replies: 11
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Just quoted cost of 2 level Cervical ADR
Just saw Dr Ziglar with TX back institute for my discogram follow up. Need 2 levels ADR as I had suspected. He did confirm that Aetna wont cover the first disc if I am doing a 2 disc procedure. So, I...
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Forum: iSpine
02-01-2009, 05:48 AM
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Replies: 13
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Great News Kathy! :)
Im sure you will get better. So far it seems to me that no matter which discs they use, most people seem to have significant improvement if not 100% better. Im sure this disc...
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Forum: iSpine
01-31-2009, 07:51 PM
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So is this procedure suitable for most people suffering from degenerative disc disease? If so, are only a few doctors performing it?
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Forum: iSpine
01-30-2009, 06:38 AM
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Mmm, its hard to say, but I think it was a...
Mmm, its hard to say, but I think it was a similar type pain, x 100. I mean, normally, I just have that deep dull, penetrative pain. But the discogram simply HURT like hell. LOL. Its hard to compare...
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Forum: iSpine
01-30-2009, 03:34 AM
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Yes, in fact, both of the bad discs said...
Yes, in fact, both of the bad discs said concordant pain on the report.
The pain was definitley "unlike my memory type pain". It was darn near horrific. My normal pain I feel on a daily basis is...
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Forum: iSpine
01-29-2009, 03:56 AM
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Replies: 13
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What would you do? Thoughts?
Had my discogram today.The bad news is that it looks like I will need 2 level ADR instead of just 1. Here are the results:
C4-5 -small posterior leak-volume pressure normal-no pain
C5-6-...
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Forum: iSpine
01-28-2009, 08:43 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 5,284
Good luck!
Kathy, hope you pass the presecreening this time. I wonder if you and I might be having similar surgical timelines. Im having my discogram tommorrow, meeting w/ Dr Zig Next tuesday, and as long as...
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