EllecincoS1 AlphaKlinik Activ-L Dr. Zeegers

[Diane]

Hi Myriam,

Glad to hear your improving. I know exactly what you mean by trying to stay within your limitations. It's difficult when your feeling good not to try and do everything like normal. I found myself bounding up and down the stairs too many times and paying for it later in the evening. I still have some left sided sciatica with activity.

As you know, I attended the Spine Arthroplasty meeting earlier this month in Miami with Mark. One of the most interesting things was when Dr. Marnay spoke about the post-op leg pain. He said the best thing is to not do anything about it. It's perfectly normal and can take 6 months or longer to go away. But it almost always goes away. Other spine surgeons there... upon meeting them told me I should feel much better after 3 months.

I hope for your continued improvement. I'll call you tomorrow...

Love, Diane

[dshobbies]

Myriam,

Been there, done that. I think each and every one of us can relate. For me, it took the better part of two years before reaching this level of activity and even now, I still have to remember my limitations, somedays a very difficult thing to do, especially with my grandchildren.

You're still in the healing stage and taking is slow is the name of your game. You'll get there eventually!

Keep us posted...
Dale

[Karger]

Myriam,

I know this thread has been dead for awhile, but I wanted to know how you are doing? I am considering going to Dr. Zeeger for an ADR for my L5. I have seen nothing but glowing reviews from him. I was going to go to DR Ritter Lang at Steum hospital, but I read a few reviews that scared the shit out of me and decided to look else where.

From what I can Dr. Zeegar seems to look at people themselfs and not just the images etc.

Can you explain the whole process you went though with him? Did you have to book everything your self? Also, can you give a rough estimate on how much it will cost?

Thanks,

Karger

[mmglobal]

Karger,

Sorry it took so long, but I'd been playing phone tag with Myriam since you posted to her thread. We finally connected a few days ago.

Myriam says she's doing well. Living a relatively normal life but at a lower activity level than if she was pain free.

For your research purposes, Myriam is something of an outlier. The surgery with Dr. Zeegers did a good job at dealing with the back pain, but she still had radiating pain through her hips. She ultimately went to Dr. Filler who diagnosed piriformis syndrome and performed a bilateral piriformis release surgery. Per Myriam, she experienced an 80% reduction in her hip pain. (Aaron Filler is aLos Angeles neurosurgeon who developed MRN technology and has some interesting ideas and unique procedures.)

If you still wish to get in touch with Myriam, contact me off the forum and I'll put you in touch with her.

Good luck!


Mark

[mmglobal]

FYI, Diane is my wife. She had a 2-level ProDisc done a week before Myriam's surgery. We were all together in Munich for about a week.

Diane will be six years post-op next month. Since shortly after her ADR surgery, she's back to work full time as an RN. While she continues to do very well, she no longer works in a hospital because caching falling patients is too dangerous for a spiney. She takes no pain meds except anti-inflammatories (mainly for arthritis but it does help with the small amount of remnant pain she has.) Both of us have occasional leg pain but it's relatively minor and NOTHING like our pre-op leg pain.

Mark

PS... like so many of us lumbar spineys, Diane too has advancing cervical issues. So far, it does not rise to the level of seeking surgery.

[Karger]

Thanks I appreciate the follow up

Karger

Originally Posted by mmglobal

FYI, Diane is my wife. She had a 2-level ProDisc done a week before Myriam's surgery. We were all together in Munich for about a week.

Diane will be six years post-op next month. Since shortly after her ADR surgery, she's back to work full time as an RN. While she continues to do very well, she no longer works in a hospital because caching falling patients is too dangerous for a spiney. She takes no pain meds except anti-inflammatories (mainly for arthritis but it does help with the small amount of remnant pain she has.) Both of us have occasional leg pain but it's relatively minor and NOTHING like our pre-op leg pain.

Mark

PS... like so many of us lumbar spineys, Diane too has advancing cervical issues. So far, it does not rise to the level of seeking surgery.

[vnf]

I wish people would keep their thread updated so the newbies can read through the whole process.
Its very important and only takes a few minutes to give a quick update.