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@jenatsky

Way above my pay grade concerning this decision but you should absolutely be part of the decision making process. If I may ask, in Australia do they cover rehabilitation treatment afterwards and what about home care? You’ll still have limitations on some of your abilities post rehab.
Regarding the laminoplasty as Dr. Su stated not many doctors perform the procedure and living with a government subsidized health plan it might be harder. I googled laminoplasty in Australia and found a couple hits and I don’t think you’ll have any difficulty locating someone. You should look up Globusmedical.com for an in-depth view of the procedure.

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Hi Jules,

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Way above my pay grade concerning this decision but you should absolutely be part of the decision making process. If I may ask, in Australia do they cover rehabilitation treatment afterwards and what about home care? You’ll still have limitations on some of your abilities post rehab.

I am not sure what the answer is in regard to your question.

As far as laminoplasty goes I would prefer to go to the US if I were loaded with a lot of money and probably get Dr Su to do it if I qualify.
I am thinking about doing a GoFund me campaign, but I am not sure if I should wait until they perform all the injections first.

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My current pain doctor is part of a group called Neuroaxis
https://www.neuroaxis.com.au
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My current pain doctor's profile:
https://neuroaxis.com.au/profiles/dr-harry-sivakumar
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My current neurosurgeon profile (I only saw him once in November 2022)
https://neuroaxis.com.au/profiles/mr-girish-nair
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The new pain management doctor belongs to group called Precision Brain, Spine and Pain (https://www.precisionhealth.com.au). I have an appointment with him on 6/4/2023.
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Following is the pain doctor's profile:

New pain management doctor profile
https://www.precisionhealth.com.au/about/who-we-are/dr-symon-mccallum
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Neurosurgeon profile
https://www.precisionhealth.com.au/about/who-we-are/professor-richard-g-bittar
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20 years of extreme cycling could have also caused my issues as well as the accidents:

https://www.physio-pedia.com/Cyclist%27s_Neck#:~:text=Neck%20and%20back%20pain%20are,weight%20through%20the%20upper%20limbs.

Thank you

Best regards

Alfred