Artifical Disc Replacment (ADR)
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 7:42 pm
with so many suffering back issues, I want to public state how great ADR was
for me. It's life changing.
I had a massive rupture of L5-S1 back in 1993, I refuse to take pain meds
which could just make things worse, I toughed it out it for 2 years (hardly
ever sitting), with many worthless epidurals, tons of NSAID (so much now I'm
allergic), and fighting bad doctors conclusions, before finally having
laminectomy and discectomy (L) in 1995. That provided relief for about a
year before starting up again, but not as bad, maybe every two to three
weeks I'd have a day or two I couldn't stand. But I learned how to manage
it (sitting for more than an hour or so was a problem so had to get up a
lot).
I managed this until beginning of 2009 when it started getting better if I
twist my leg to left and get a clunk, well then after a couple months of
that I started having other problems in the pelvis area, bouncing around
doctors nobody knew what was going on, it was actually a PT that specialized
in pelvic floor disorders that identified the issue. I had to manage that
for about 7 years, the issue was caused by my sacrum sliding up on the left
side where it was missing disc material taken out by the surgery causing
upslips, flares, etc... Then in about 2016 things started going bad on the
right side very frequently if I did anything as simple as putting something
in the sink, not able to stand up, having to crawl, etc.
I had heard about ADR where people go back to playing tennis, jogging, etc..
but it wasn't main stream, and still today, you don't see much about it.
This time I said, the technology has to be there, I decided to go for it
with nothing to lose, choosing Dr Ritter-Lang and the Bremen Germany
location recommended using the Spinal Kinetics M6-L discs (made in the USA,
but can't be used here). I needed two discs replacement by this point
between L4-S1. Everyone thought I was crazy to go, but I did, by myself,
and I had the surgery Feb 2017 and since then I can sit, I can jog, I felt
normal for the first time in 24 years.
It's two years later now, and it's still good. I still have some of those
other issues with pelvis area, probably due to ligaments being stretched
over the years after the normal surgery, but it's much less.
So I just wanted put this out there for those skeptical of ADR and going to
Germany or Dr Ritter-Lang that for me, it was a great experience and result.
I used Enande to set it all up. I was in a room with two others, both from
the USA, one in the other room was a female from Canada. I was worried
about sharing a room with others, but it these were good people and it was
actually helpful to have others in the room and make new friends. You're
only in there for 3 or 4 days if you end up with someone you don't get along
with.
Yes, this is me, David at TeraByte.
for me. It's life changing.
I had a massive rupture of L5-S1 back in 1993, I refuse to take pain meds
which could just make things worse, I toughed it out it for 2 years (hardly
ever sitting), with many worthless epidurals, tons of NSAID (so much now I'm
allergic), and fighting bad doctors conclusions, before finally having
laminectomy and discectomy (L) in 1995. That provided relief for about a
year before starting up again, but not as bad, maybe every two to three
weeks I'd have a day or two I couldn't stand. But I learned how to manage
it (sitting for more than an hour or so was a problem so had to get up a
lot).
I managed this until beginning of 2009 when it started getting better if I
twist my leg to left and get a clunk, well then after a couple months of
that I started having other problems in the pelvis area, bouncing around
doctors nobody knew what was going on, it was actually a PT that specialized
in pelvic floor disorders that identified the issue. I had to manage that
for about 7 years, the issue was caused by my sacrum sliding up on the left
side where it was missing disc material taken out by the surgery causing
upslips, flares, etc... Then in about 2016 things started going bad on the
right side very frequently if I did anything as simple as putting something
in the sink, not able to stand up, having to crawl, etc.
I had heard about ADR where people go back to playing tennis, jogging, etc..
but it wasn't main stream, and still today, you don't see much about it.
This time I said, the technology has to be there, I decided to go for it
with nothing to lose, choosing Dr Ritter-Lang and the Bremen Germany
location recommended using the Spinal Kinetics M6-L discs (made in the USA,
but can't be used here). I needed two discs replacement by this point
between L4-S1. Everyone thought I was crazy to go, but I did, by myself,
and I had the surgery Feb 2017 and since then I can sit, I can jog, I felt
normal for the first time in 24 years.
It's two years later now, and it's still good. I still have some of those
other issues with pelvis area, probably due to ligaments being stretched
over the years after the normal surgery, but it's much less.
So I just wanted put this out there for those skeptical of ADR and going to
Germany or Dr Ritter-Lang that for me, it was a great experience and result.
I used Enande to set it all up. I was in a room with two others, both from
the USA, one in the other room was a female from Canada. I was worried
about sharing a room with others, but it these were good people and it was
actually helpful to have others in the room and make new friends. You're
only in there for 3 or 4 days if you end up with someone you don't get along
with.
Yes, this is me, David at TeraByte.