Hi everyone,
I am also new to this forum; thanks for being here. I have had two Doctors recommend ADR. My neurosurgeon has referred me to a pain management specialist to see if he can help me until he (the neurosurgeon)gets a little practice doing the ADR surgery. The pain management doctor has scheduled a discogram for this Tuesday. Because of everything I have read here, I am not looking forward to the experience, but I agree that it is necessary. He (the pain management doctor) said that if the L4/L5 disc is actually the cause of the pain, we may be able to do a procedure where a heated needle is inserted into the disc and somehow this stops the pain. Has anyone had this procedure? It would be great if this fixed the problem and I wouldn't have to have the ADR.
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