Summary
A patient from Texas in her 80s had severe lower back pain from herniated discs at L4-5 and L5-S1, plus piriformis syndrome causing buttock pain. She saw seven spine doctors in the Dallas and Plano area, tried five or six epidurals, acupuncture, physical therapy, and even a new mattress, and was told fusion would be dangerous at her age. After finding Deuk Spine Institute online and completing an MRI review, she traveled for the Deuk Laser Disc Repair® and a Deuk Piriformis Release®. The next day her pain was completely gone, her fear was gone, and she was looking forward to returning to her activities.
Transcript
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Good morning. I’m Dr. Deukmedjian and I’m here with one of my patients who underwent surgery at Deuk Spine Institute. Now, she had two problems. She had a few herniated discs in her lower back at L4-5 and L5-S1. They were causing immense back pain for her, and we did the laser spine surgery procedure yesterday for her. We also did a piriformis muscle release because she had piriformis syndrome, which causes severe pain in the buttock. How do you feel today?
Patient: I feel amazing. I feel wonderful.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Do you still have the pain that you came here with?
Patient: No, it’s gone completely.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Yes, it’s gone. But you knew that it was going to be gone, because I am sitting in the presence of a true psychic from Texas. She found Deuk Spine Institute online and we did our MRI review. How did that go for you?
Patient: I cried afterwards, because I knew that I had found an answer.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Did you try to get help in Texas from doctors there?
Patient: Yes. I visited with seven different spine doctors in Dallas and Plano, Texas, and was told different stories. I had maybe five or six epidurals and suffered through them. Acupuncture, physical therapy, I even bought a new mattress, thinking that was the cause, and to no avail.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: So none of those treatments worked to cure your pain?
Patient: No. I was told that I would be facing fusion, and I’m in my 80s, and I was told it would be dangerous at my age. It would not be a good idea to do the fusion.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Spinal fusion is completely unnecessary today. Nobody has to have a spinal fusion, and it doesn’t matter what age you are. They’re dangerous for everybody. Whether you’re 30, 40, 50 years old, spinal fusions are unnecessarily dangerous and they destroy your body. The surgeon is going to cut through the muscles, destroy the muscles, cut through your tendons and destroy the tendons. It would have been a catastrophe, and I’m afraid you would have been so miserable if you had a fusion done. So I’m so thankful that you found us.
Patient: Oh, I’m thankful. And I knew how dangerous it would be. I felt it. That’s why I just wouldn’t accept it.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Ultimately you chose to come to Deuk Spine. Why?
Patient: Because you were the only one that does this that I could find. I researched and researched and I just wouldn’t give up. You can’t give up. I found you, and curiosity led me to send the MRI to get the review, and we went forward from there. I was scared all along. Believe me, I was scared, frightened.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Are you still scared today?
Patient: No, I’m not. Not a bit. I’m elevated in my mood and happy, so I can get back to all of my activities and do them.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Is there anything else you want to say to your viewers out there, in closing?
Patient: Find him. He’s the best, and that’s not boastful. That’s truth.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Thank you very much for sharing your story with our viewers, and God bless you. I hope that you have a wonderful life.
Deuk Laser Disc Repair® at Deuk Spine Institute
This patient underwent the Deuk Laser Disc Repair® for herniated discs at L4-5 and L5-S1, along with the Deuk Piriformis Release® for piriformis syndrome, at Deuk Spine Institute. After seven spine doctors, epidurals, acupuncture, and physical therapy failed, and she was told spinal fusion would be dangerous at her age, both procedures were completed in one outpatient visit. Her pain was gone the next day. Patients of any age can submit their MRI for a complimentary MRI review and virtual consultation with Dr. Deukmedjian.