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Old 03-10-2013, 01:26 AM #1
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If there is any question about what your doctor is doing, get another opinion. If non fusion occured, going "IN" isn't going to do much. Exploring can be done with MRI. I wouldn't go that route unless another doc. concured with this dx, that surgery was necessary. Do you have a bone grown stimulator?
Did you have doner bone put in? Keep in touch. You can PM me anytime. Will give you my # if you need to talk. ginnie


Hi Ginnie and thanks for your help. I did use the Bone Growth Stimulator for 4 months 4 he's. A day. This is workers comp. I have had 3 opinions thus far. I didn't have any donor bone. He used the fragments from the ACDF. I had a facet block done on wed which was terrible! It was done at C3-4 level. For the first time in 10 months, yesterday wasn't too bad! Today, the crunching is back along with the tingling. My surgery was May 3,2012. C4-5, C5-6, and C6-7. I have been having snapping and crunching. My right arm and hand gets very cold. I still have tingling going down both arms to my fingers. EMG report found Carpal Tunnel and
Cubital Tunnel. I guess there is one nerve trapped in my elbow and.
two at my wrist. I went for an IME independent medical exam. That Doc won't do a Carpal
Tunnel surgery until the neck is addressed. I now have to wait and see if they will send me to a Neurosurgeon. Something just isn't right. I have a 4" scar that looks bad. I have been taking pictures with my web can every month. Some days the scar gets purple. I have seen a few people after their surgery with a much smaller scar! That is all for now. More next time. Thanks again!
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