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Anyone with 3 level c spine fusion doing well?
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01-26-2011, 12:07 AM
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Anyone with 3 level c spine fusion doing well?
As you can see with my details in my signature, I wonder if there are any patients like myself that are doing well. It seems like my c 6/7 is shot and my c 2/3 not far behind.
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female age 45, height 5"6", 145 lbds, non smoker, conservative treatments failed, (7/2007) C4/5/6 peek disc replacements,plate & screws failed fusion, (9/2008) revision with bone replace plate and screws, (10/2009) C3/4 stand alone peek cage, (12/2010) facet joint injections C3-7, (1/2011) rhizotomy C6/7 failed, Trouble swallowing most recent mri (7/2011) shows ajacent level issues: right neural foraminal narrowing C2/3, posterior bulge indents thecal sac at C6/7/T1 no mass effect on cord. 
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02-01-2011, 11:09 PM
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I had a 4 level fusion last March. So far it has been great. No pain and all of my nerve pain is gone. Everyone says they can't believe the range I have. I had lived with severe pain for 2+ years. This is my experience.
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1995 & 2005 L4/5 Discectomy (no disc left) 3/2010 4 Level ACDF C3-7 5/2010 Thoracic Laminectomy 2 Ruptured Thoracic Discs (T7/8, T9/10) DDD
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02-08-2011, 02:09 AM
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I had a 3 level discektomy and fusion in July of 2007. C 4-7. THe nerve pain which was pretty severe went away in about 2 weeks.
Then all the fun started with thoracic pain and hip pain. In july of 2008 i had some ESI's in my cervical area. My spine surgeon does all levels at once. Feels like the OR staff used you for a punching bag after they knocked you out. All was ok until feb. 2010. I had a few back surgeries inbetween. When i woke up from lung surgery my upper cervical area hurt more than the lung area. I just had a cervical osteotomy and revision from the posterior. Not sure if all the pain is coming from up higher as C2-3 though. Anyway i am now fused from C4 thru L-2. I wonder how much all the hardwear weighs!! Also not sure if that was any help at all judy
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03-03-2011, 12:29 AM
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I had 3 level c4-c7 sept 2009. No issues, range of motion great. But now the same problems are showing up in my t spine at t4. (so it's not an adjacent level issue)
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2/26/09 - c4-c7 3 level ADR Prodisc Nova with Dr Bertagnoli. 100% success. 9/22/09 -Dr B opened me up to find a staph infection was eating my vertebrae causing ADR subsidence. Had to remove all 3 ADR's and convert to 3 level fusion. Mostly pain free 2 weeks post op. 9/20/10 - I think I jinxed myself. As soon as I told dr b and dr Sullivan I was doing well (on 6/1/10) I tanked and have experienced the return of pain. My neuro says the new pain is at t4.
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06-01-2011, 10:52 PM
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follow up to thread
So how are all of us multi level c-spiners doing? I a bit worse; no surprize
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female age 45, height 5"6", 145 lbds, non smoker, conservative treatments failed, (7/2007) C4/5/6 peek disc replacements,plate & screws failed fusion, (9/2008) revision with bone replace plate and screws, (10/2009) C3/4 stand alone peek cage, (12/2010) facet joint injections C3-7, (1/2011) rhizotomy C6/7 failed, Trouble swallowing most recent mri (7/2011) shows ajacent level issues: right neural foraminal narrowing C2/3, posterior bulge indents thecal sac at C6/7/T1 no mass effect on cord.
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06-02-2011, 01:45 AM
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I just read my post from 2/7. I must have still been on a lot of pain meds because i can barely follow my post.
My neck is fine now although i am still in a brace. My 21 level fusion is doing pretty well . The only problem i know of is the fracture at L2 which will hopefully be fixed soon. judy
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2007 ACDF 4-7 2008 hip , knee scope, hip replacement 2009 thoracic T-5 thru T-11fusion 2009 VATS T7-8, posterior only T11-12. removal of thoracic hard wear 2010 lung surgery 2010 T2-L2 kyphosis correction 2010 Kyphoplasty T-3, T-4 2011 Cervical osteotomy ,revision C4-T5 2011 Foot surgery 2011 Revision fusion T7 thru L4/laminectomy 2012 Hammertoe correction left foot 2012 Revision fusion T-12 thru L5 2012 Revision fusion L4-L5
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07-24-2011, 08:37 PM
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you are an adr at the c spine?
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female age 45, height 5"6", 145 lbds, non smoker, conservative treatments failed, (7/2007) C4/5/6 peek disc replacements,plate & screws failed fusion, (9/2008) revision with bone replace plate and screws, (10/2009) C3/4 stand alone peek cage, (12/2010) facet joint injections C3-7, (1/2011) rhizotomy C6/7 failed, Trouble swallowing most recent mri (7/2011) shows ajacent level issues: right neural foraminal narrowing C2/3, posterior bulge indents thecal sac at C6/7/T1 no mass effect on cord.
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