Re: Hey Back People-something new!!!
- From: "OldGoat" <oldgoatmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2007 17:29:28 GMT
Hey Guys,
I haven't had a chance to do any searching or looking., as I've been playing
my own version of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", but particularly for
Paul and anyone lese in the D.C. area, the source was "NewsChannel 8" the
local news channel. I'm pretty sure there's a chain of stations like it in
all major metro locations, so it may be worth it to watch a little local
news this weekend and forget the national stuff for a while.
If I turn something more you guys will be the first to know. It feels good
to be talking about something that might be a cure for a change, instead of
pills and other forms of band-aids. Just don't flush the meds quite yet...
a pain less weekend to all--og
"OldGoat" <oldgoatmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hey guys,
I hate it when they have such an important story for so many of us and
they treat it like it was Cheney's dog (Bush) taking a dump on the White
house lawn. It was a 30 second blurb at most.
There's a new procedure out for disk issues, so put all your plans for
fusion on the back burner (you listening, Ronnie?) It called a D-lift.
It's micro surgery which leaves a scar about a 1.5" long. The approach is
not from the back or the front but the side. I wish I could read my notes
better but they did the story so fast...
They basically go in the side and remove the bad disk a little bit at a
time. The fix is so simple it's absurd no one thought of it before. They
put a spacer in just like a metal washer or shim, till it's lined up right
and the space is what it was supposed to be before the disk got screwed
up. The side approach avoids all the nerves that end up being so much of a
problem after surgery that land us in walkers and wheelchairs.
This is new, I haven't done my home work on it, but it's approved and it
makes more sense than cutting and dancing around all the nerves in the
back. Once again it called a D-lift and I only have about 30 seconds worth
of info on it which is not enough going under a knife, even if it's micro
surgery, but being an old mechanic, it's finally a repair that makes
sense. So it's worth looking in to before they freeze 3 or 4 disk levels
in place, removing all spinal flexibility with a titanium cage and a bunch
of screws, hoping the bone grows over it all.
People are up and walking the SAME DAY and out of there the NEXT day. I
wouldn't be winding everyone up if it wasn't for that little fact. Out of
bed that day and walking out under your own steam the next day and a
scar and inch and a half long is a big difference than at least 3 days in
the hospital, an 8 inch scar and 6 months of post op rehab, It would be
enough for me to cancel until I got more info on this D-lift. Hit the
search engines, that's where I'm headed and see if they can do it at 3
different levels.
It may sound too good to be true and there's got to be more to it than
they can cover in a 30 second story, but another option is another option
and they're all worth investigation before a decision involving a knife.
I'll let you know what I find, please do the same.--og
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