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Originally Posted by kerry edwards
Here's a good account of a disc replacement with some x rays that show the new discs and pictures of the surgical procedure. My spinal cord looked very similar to this patients(in the initial MRI) with the disc pinching the cord down to a very narrow dimension. I had the same symptoms of electric shocks down my arms.
http://www.spinalneurosurgery.com/CR_aritificial_disc.htm
I've seen x-rays of two level disc replacments in the neck and I think I may have heard of a three level, but never a four level. |
Thanks for the link, I'll see if i can fit my film in the scanner it looks like that but add 3. At Cleveland Clinic they are pretty clear that as long as I'm functional they don't want to operate due to the increased damage. I am part of a clinical study and they will be doing the multi level as soon as possible. They VA is showing an interest as well and they are even paying for the visits to Cleveland.
The epiderals work pretty good but I have so many levels he can't always get it in one shot. I'm also to the point that mild pain killers don't touch the pain so I have to rethink that situation.