I am scheduled to have a Vertiflex...
https://www.bostonscientific.com/en-US/products/indirect-decompression-system/superion-indirect-decompression-system.html
put in the 4th. Doc has told me that base off of my 2018 MRI he will be putting one in between L4 & L5. However, that is subject to change depending on what my upcoming MRI shows. The disc between L3 & L4 is loose.
I am going for the MRI this Wednesday. I have the newest Medtronics Spinal Cord Stimulator in my back. It is MRI compatible. Just not "open" MRI compatible. Not a big deal...except for me being a bit claustrophobic....
Inland Imaging offers sedation...thing is what they are going to give me is what I have been taking for the past 4+ years to help me sleep...which often times does not do much for me. Pain clinic has said they will give me a script for a Valium....which cause me some pretty vivid hallucinations. Not sure that is a good idea :rofl:. Saw my primary care doc the other day for my monthly fix. Talked to him about this. He told me that prior to heading out the door for the MRI I should take my daily dose (2mg) of Xanax. Which is what Inland is going to give me about 45 minutes prior to sticking my fat *** in the machine.
I am freaking out about this....it is the only thing I have been able to think about since finding out that I can no longer have an Open MRI. Inland told me that my device is compatible with only one of there machines. It has a very large tube that is also only about half the length of the older machines....did not help...still freaking out....
