This operation allowed me to avoid fusion. I’m documenting my progress for others to see so that they can make a little more informed decision. Artificial disc replacement ADR at l4l5 l5s1 is where my two discs are replaced.
I am sorry that your experience did not pan out the way you’ve imagined. I my self is dealing with with severe back pain. I thought about ADR but I was afraid if exact things you’re going thru. I hope you will get better I time. Thanks for posting real experience. God bless.
I’m so sorry you’ve had this experience....your updates mean a lot to us! My son want to go to Germany for that same surgery, same levels....this might change his opinion...thank you ....God bless!
No problem man! I'm only one person of many that has had this surgery. Maybe I'm one of the outliers. I feel like people who have had the surgery have issues admitting that it wasn't all they hoped it was because of money, risk, etc. Although some people claim that their lives are much better. It's hard to say what the real stats are regarding this procedure. Good luck.
@@jeremiahgriego8677 I definitely see how pride in general would prevent the truth. Still, those who haven't had adr, like me, are faced with unrelenting pain. The ONLY other option is fusion which begs for future problems. At some point, the constant nerve pain leads to a fork in the road of adr hope or dark, dark psychological demons for me. Even with your pains, it's better then what is constant demeaning pain...for me. Truly thank you for efforts in vloging and hope to see an update in a year.
@@jeremiahgriego8677 this Is crazy..I'm going through the same exact issues..upper thoracic stiffness, muscle tightness and nerve issues around the same months...I am 13 months since my surgery
You should see if you can get SOMA from a doctor it is one of the best mussel relaxers, it could make a big difference in your life. I have followed you for past year I have decided not to have the same surgery you have gone through I will be 70 in a few months. I don't want to spend the last years of my life in a different form of misery for all that.!Thanks for your honesty all my best to you.
Get the Homedics back and neck massager and grind those thoracic suckers out. I do it twice a day. I get tense in the thoracic spine on the right side (sub scapulars) from holding the mouse 10 hours a day. As you know from the ADR group my ADR experience has been absolutely great. Went from disabled to riding motocross at 6 months. Each person is different. It seems to me that the best results are to be had when you score high on the Oswestry Disability Index pre-operatively (I did - I was in pretty bad shape dragging my right leg behind me and spending a lot of time on the floor because I could not walk much). Waiting too long when you have a compressed and inflamed nerve root is not a good idea. I was "lucky" I got disabled very quickly (literally overnight when the disc exploded) and intervened with ADR pretty quickly, too.
Thanks Art. I do have the Homedics back and neck massager although it hasn't really worked to well for me. I happy that you are having such a positive experience. This is obviously what I wish for everybody. Best wishes.
Dude, you should add bikram, restaurative yoga in your daily routine to get some loose to your muscles. If pain increases during the night especially,it s a good sign of inflammation. what I mean is that it might be a sign of inflammation in the bone, which would show up as modic changes on the vertebral plates. Your new mri should somehow confirm that. Good luck Man💪🏼
Hi it’s Mary Jo from Pennsylvania and thank you for your testimony I am praying for you Jeremy and I pray and plead the blood of Jesus over you that you are healed in the name of Jesus and I asked Jesus to open the doors to all the doctors that they will open the MRIs so they can see what’s really going on in your thoracic back in Jesus name amen🙏❤️
Hey Jeremiah... Can you talk about your lumbar disc health prior to surgery? Specifically what was your disc height before you had these (presumably) larger ADR's inserted?
Just checking on you....miss your videos alot...I'm going on my 2nd year of recovery and it's been very rough, havent heard from you thru any new videos so I was just trying to get a small update with you.... What's up and how are you feeling? How is the new addition to your family,?congratulations, have anything gotten better and has anything gotten worse or stayed the same? I hope everything continues to get better...going thru this through experience, you are the most straightforward person to testify about this disc replacement
Jeremiah, don’t lose hope I have been following you all this time, I am about to get my adr surgery done in Germany as well as you, and with your video made feel that probably I am making a mistake, what about if I get worse than what I am right now ? I can’t keep going with mental breakdown. I really hope you get better and can enjoy life soon. I’ll pray for you. Blessings.
I have done the same procedure L4S1 with Desai and I feel great. No regrets. Every case is different. Tiger Woods with all his money had his back fused. Go to Germany and do not look back.
Andre N Bro you left a Comment about Mr Woods on a different video and thx to that comment made me search about Lp Esp and I’m 15 days away from my Surgery in Germany. Thank you. I hope I have a happy ending like u had.
Each case is different. I am riding motocross at 6 months out and loving life again. ADR with the same ESP at L5/S1 in Germany. This is from disabled a year ago. Do you research on a large enough sample to make your conclusions based on a statistically significant set of results.
How’s jogging/running and weight lifting? Does your back feel “stable” while exercising? I imagine activities like deadlifting and other heavy lifts are out of the question, I’m trying to gauge the limits of exercising with these discs. I hope you begin to feel better!
I do some free weight excercises like bench, dumbbell press, curls, shoulder raises etc although I am reluctant to squat or deadlift. After that I work with the machines. For cardio, I mostly use the stair stepper machine but I also swim from time to time. Oh yeah, and I walk a ton......Probably about three miles a day.
It does feel stable....the weird thing about the issues I have right now is that most of my pain/discomfort is at night during sleep at around 4 in the morning. My days, after noon time, are usually pretty descent.
Jeremiah Griego Thanks for your reply, and thanks for posting your journey. I’m 29, and injured myself while exercising a few years back, and multiple times since doing relatively “safe” exercises like body-weight scissor kicks.. Now my back is always in spasm with accompanying leg pain, and I can barely open heavy doors it feels so unstable. My symptoms are slowly getting worse and I just know I’m looking at surgery over the next few years. Your posts, however few and far, really help. If/when I require surgery, which will be ADR, even if I need to find it myself. I will also post my recovery in hope to relate to those looking for honesty as you have done.
i am curious if you have had xrays on your upper back. i can see how maybe your surgery affected your upper back, as a part of a domino effect, but i feel that it is also unlikely. Maybe you have a new and unrelated problem ?
@@brijeshrudani1764 I have seen some people over 15 years with good results. But I'm concerned about the outcomes after 30 40 or 50 years. Being in pain is bad. But as long as its tolerable and not bothering you too much in your daily activities then try to live with it. As it goes very bad try microdiscectomy. Even after 1st microdiscectomy 2nd can also be done. Bit if that also doesn't work then go for ADR rather than fusion. You must know how to deal with a bad spine for years.
You had 2 discs changed . Artificial discs have been reported to have very little impact absorption. Forces may be traveling up the spine damaging upper discs. hence your muscles splinting. MRI is a must now ! so you can excersize correctly heal correctly and not damage further discs . please post your findings and bless you bro !
I think the group on Facebook is too good to be true. I think they might delete bad feedback. I just don’t believe them, I want to but I don’t. I bet the people who had really successful adr didn’t have the extreme disc issues to begin with.
@@jeremiahgriego8677 Stretching never helped me after fusion. It actually made my back pain worse. Good luck watched all your videos today. Have you had any recent scans? I see a lot of AR disc's move and cause problems.
You said you had PRP injections. Did you have them from a legit PRP place (Regenexx) ? I did, and they took away 90% of my chronic spine pain. It didn’t fix the issue, but it stop a majority of the pain. 1.5 years later the pain is coming back so I will most likely get PRP again unless I have ARD before. One last thing, God gives you the strength to carry on - don’t pray only, you must continue working hard to find the solution. God gave us free will, we are not controlled by god - Holy Spirit baby!!
I did this over a year ago so I don't remember if it was legit......I'm pretty sure it was. I'll be posting a video soon to explain how I am completely pain free right now. It is a continuation from my latest video.
Thanks for the reply. Your videos are instrumental in my ADR decision so please keep posting !!! One last tip, I had bad cramping and muscle spasms - I added lots of calcium to my diet and significantly lowered my cramping. ALMOND Milk has more calcium than regular milk. I’m looking forward to your next pain free video !!
