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Entries Tagged as 'Disc Replacement Surgery'

On Going Blonde for a Date

October 20th, 2008 5 Comments

I finally got a date for my impending cervical disc replacement surgery: 9 December 2008. I promptly changed my hair and went blonde – its one thing I get to control I guess. And no, I won’t be arguing the case for the rationality of changing one’s hair when faced with life changing events!

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Just waiting on a date

October 9th, 2008 3 Comments

Got a letter from ACC this morning: “ACC has approved an application to fund your treatment as follows:Cervical Disc Replacement (Arthoplasty)” They have been sitting on this application for ages despite me being classified as “high priority.” Anyhow, now the hospital has to grant me a surgery date within 4 weeks. Needless to say I […]

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Surgery – Car Accident Update

August 15th, 2008 14 Comments

I got my MRI results on Tuesday. They show damage to two discs, both are compressed. One is more compressed than the other, the other is protruding and pushing on a nerve, hence all the pain. I have two choices. Do nothing and see if it fixes itself (its been almost 5 months). Have surgery […]

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