I have been diagnosed with DDD. I am 52 and have Grade 2 Spondylolisthesis L5-S1 and ruptured discs L3-L5. I will probably need fusion surgery in the next year. I live in Northern Virginia and my back surgeon has referred me a spinal surgeon at UVA. He did this because I need pain management that does not include narcotics and I am on coumadin due to a mechanical aortic valve I have. My orthopedist office has done 2 nerve blocks and a radiofrequency ablation in the last year and I have had no… read more