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Being frugal with your spine is gonna cost you bro
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12/22/04 blew L4-5 and L5-S1 out lifting wrong 4/1/05 back to work thanks to Oxy 11/11/13 hurt back lifting again 6/6/15 last of many MRI L4-5 medium paracentral bulge with juice leaking and mid to left bulge on L5-S1 No invasive procedures except steroid shots that did nothing n hurt wicked bad 9/24/2016 Adr surgery Bertagnoli>1 year doing great |
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What are you talking about? Is the surgeon going to perform better if I had fought with the insurance company beforehand, or paid out of pocket?
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2 August 2017 - Herniated L5/S1 while doing sprints (at age 30) 20 December 2018 - MRI revealed massive L5/S1 extrusion 5 March 2019 - ActivL ADR at Texas Back with Dr. Blumenthal (at age 31) |
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Bertagnoli doesnt take insurance bro you have to pay out of pocket then submit it to insurance. As insurance companies delay payment n arbitrate prices its not what the BEST Surgeons in the world want. I had bcbs federal. Usually if your in usa n the procedure is not fda approved it makes it hard to get an advance payment. Insurance is like medicade now. I believe to get the best care you need cash. Cash is king. And bei g oainfree is better than cash to me. Its all a game in the usa. Doctors go to a 2 hour class n then r certified to install new discs
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12/22/04 blew L4-5 and L5-S1 out lifting wrong 4/1/05 back to work thanks to Oxy 11/11/13 hurt back lifting again 6/6/15 last of many MRI L4-5 medium paracentral bulge with juice leaking and mid to left bulge on L5-S1 No invasive procedures except steroid shots that did nothing n hurt wicked bad 9/24/2016 Adr surgery Bertagnoli>1 year doing great |
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2 August 2017 - Herniated L5/S1 while doing sprints (at age 30) 20 December 2018 - MRI revealed massive L5/S1 extrusion 5 March 2019 - ActivL ADR at Texas Back with Dr. Blumenthal (at age 31) |
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GKTM300, what you said about surgical training for US doctors is false. Docs here have been performing ADRs since 1999. I received mine in 2004.
Frugality has little to do with Robb's issue; your comment is not helpful. Please refrain from posting on this topic. Thanks for your cooperation.
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"Harrison" - info (at) adrsupport.org Fell on my ***winter 2003, Canceled fusion April 6 2004 Reborn June 25th, 2004, L5-S1 ADR Charite in Boston Founder & moderator of ADRSupport - 2004 Founder Arthroplasty Patient Foundation a 501(c)(3) - 2006 Creator & producer, Why Am I Still Sick? - 2012 Donate www.arthropatient.org/about/donate |
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Well, I made it to Plano, Texas. Did all my pre-op stuff today. The meeting with the psychologist was interesting. You take a test which is 433 questions long. Some of the questions are pretty obvious in what they're trying to figure out Have you ever made a plan to kill yourself?. Some of the questions weren't so obvious (at least, not to me) Does the top of your head feel tender?.
Surgery is tomorrow morning.
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2 August 2017 - Herniated L5/S1 while doing sprints (at age 30) 20 December 2018 - MRI revealed massive L5/S1 extrusion 5 March 2019 - ActivL ADR at Texas Back with Dr. Blumenthal (at age 31) |
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Adr
Good luck tomorrow!
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L5 S 1 herniation burning feet groin pain. Undisgnosed for months finally getting answers. |
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Maybe I didn't follow the whole thread. Why the psych testing? Everyone thought I was crazy for going to Spain by myself, with a doc I met on the internet, to get 3 non FDA approved devices! Somehow it made perfect sense to me then. Looking back, it now seems a bit crazy. But in my case, so far, crazy wins thanks to this forum and Dr Clavel's team. You will be a winner also. Stay positive and frame your recovery expectations appropriately. (TBI never did approve me for ADR due to low bone density)
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Pre Surgery: C3-C4:Mild disc osteophytes. Mild-moderate right facet arthrosis. Mild right foraminal stenosis. C4-C5:Midline central disc protrusion, significant. Mild canal stenosis. C5-C6:Moderate disc osteophytes. Mild-moderate canal stenosis. Moderate-severe bilateral foraminal stenosis. C6-C-7:Mild-moderate disc osteophytes. Mild canal stenosis. Moderate left and moderate-severe right foraminal stenosis. June 29,2016-3 level M6 (C4-C7) Dr. Clavel Barcelona |
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Good luck with your procedure and recovery!
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"Harrison" - info (at) adrsupport.org Fell on my ***winter 2003, Canceled fusion April 6 2004 Reborn June 25th, 2004, L5-S1 ADR Charite in Boston Founder & moderator of ADRSupport - 2004 Founder Arthroplasty Patient Foundation a 501(c)(3) - 2006 Creator & producer, Why Am I Still Sick? - 2012 Donate www.arthropatient.org/about/donate |
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I've started a new thread here documenting my surgery and recovery:
https://www.adrsupport.org/forums/sh...012#post118012
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2 August 2017 - Herniated L5/S1 while doing sprints (at age 30) 20 December 2018 - MRI revealed massive L5/S1 extrusion 5 March 2019 - ActivL ADR at Texas Back with Dr. Blumenthal (at age 31) |
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