[ckessel]

I'm going to see Dr. Kitchel on 4/13. I talked to his CMA, Erica, and Dr. Kitchel was one of the doctors in the clinical trials and she says he's done over a 100 of the surgeries. I imagine that's both cervical and lumbar, but it certainly sounds like he's been around the block enough times to be a good choice. On the personal interaction front, it's been encouraging. Kitchel himself responded to my initial email and Erica called me after hours (from her house I think) after playing phone tag for a couple days.

On the insurance front, my current insurance has a "Department Procedure" specifically about ADR. It's covered on a case by case basis (single level), with a host of disqualifications, but based on my reading I'm a qualified candidate. Well, assuming it's still just the one disc that's the problem. I'll start working towards finding that out on 4/13.