Hello, my name is Hope. I am 43, typical type A personality. I was extremely active until approx. 4 months ago. I have been diagnosed with two bulging discs. L4-L5 and L5-S1. I have in my posession the MRI, CAT and the nerve study. I also have the reports, none of which I understand. I have an appointment with Dr. Stephen James in Cumming, Ga. on Jan. 16th to see if I am a candidate for ADR. I have seen 3 doctors to date. One wants to fuse, one wants to continue injections and one is just keeping my pain tolerable until the 16th. I have contacted my health ins. and they DO cover disc replacement. My questions are these: 1. What is it exactly do these reports mean? 2. What if I am not a candidate, what do I do then? 3. I want to be able to do most of what I was capable of doing prior to this, will I be able to? Anyone with and advice please email me or post. I am not too computer savy so bear with me. Thanks to all and Have a Happy New Year.
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