Wait until you hit the wall!!
John747,
Put surgery off as long as you can. You will know when you have hit the wall and really have no other choice. I Chose the M-6 over the prod-disc. Like most things you will find it will come down to your own choice for your own reasons. In my readings I seem to find folks that have used the M-6 have had a better outcome. I had hit my wall and knew it was time for surgery. I do have my own ongoing pain issues after my surgery, but you know if I had gone ahead with the fusion and felt fine afterward with no ongoing pain, well then that would have been that. But had I done the fusion and still had pain issues I would have always wondered what would have happend if I had ADR surgery? The stenosis problem was fixed. The M-6 ADR's are in perfect placement, but I still have pain issues that may or may not be related to the surgery. My Dr. says they don't appear to be. I guess I just have a pretty funky C-spine that I have to live with. I just do my best with it one day at a time.
Wait for the wall.....
JPJH
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11/13/10 M-6 ADR C 4/5 & 5/6. Dr. Pablo Clavel
01/15/2008 Evaluated via MRI UCSF Spine Center. Recommended sinlge level C 4/5 ADR with Pro Disc or fusion. 02/23/10 Evaluated via MRI UCSF Spine Center. Recommended two level C 4/5 & 5/6 ADR with Pro Disc or fusion. ADR denied by BC. Appealed, lost two appeals. Patient refused fusion.
2005-2008 Unknown cause of spinal stenosis at C 4/5.
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