... life up until you need to have it fixed....seems to be what is happening to you. You have 2 factors to consider in the spine....the nerves that leave the spinal cord and go out to different parts of the body and the spinal cord itself. ... (2 replies)
... I can't believe a doctor would have told you this was in your imagination. You're now seeing a different doctor, I hope? ... (20 replies)
... My spinal issues are very similar ti yours ,only worse, I had severe stenosis in the neck , c5-t1 , cord edema ,oseoarthrits, djd,ddd, along with lumbar stenosis, radiopathy and about 10 other things
I never had a great deal of pain with my cervical stenosis ,but my mri's were horrific , it showed some cord compression , this is where things get a little serious because I... (4 replies)
... My cervical injury was caused by diving in my pool and slamming my head at the bottom. At that time I was told that I was very lucky as I could have been paralyzed. This injury happened over 10 years ago. At that time I did not have any health insurance. ... (15 replies)
... back problems ever since I can remember. I didn't find out until after I had my first daughter that I had all this stuff wrong with my cervical spine. ... (7 replies)
... ve received so much help from this board that I thought it might be useful for other if I wrote up my experiences so others might learn from my thought processes. ... (8 replies)
... Anyhow, I had problems from C3 to C7 with multiple levels of spinal cord compression, 3 herniated disks and a whole mess of arthritis pressing on so many nerves I no longer had any pain. ... (11 replies)
... spinal surgeon to go over an MRI after a wreck in November 04. It was significally worse from MRI of cervical area from one year ago. ... (19 replies)
... years ago. No anterior work. But I had 2 anterior surgeries in 3 months. If you read my post about 4 back, you'll see why. ... (12 replies)
... ntral surface are very similar things. A focal abnormality just means it is in certain spot not widespread. A deformity of the ventral surface is most likely a compression of the cord too. ... (26 replies)
... TaTa....I was only 54 and very active when I found out the strange sensations I was experiencing were from my neck. In fact, I was out shoveling snow. I shoveling the entire driveway by myself and then started around the house. ... (24 replies)
... Sorry about dropping off the scope again. But I have not been doing too much for the last couple of weeks, been having some serious migraine headaches. I thought I had beat them a couple of years ago, but.... ... (7 replies)
... necessary shopping done this weekend if possible, and while I've looked at the ACDF post surg list here as well as general post spine surg lists on other boards, I still have a few questions. ... (3 replies)
... Sorry if I wasn't clear, I'm still learning about this stuff. ... (11 replies)
... Given what you've said so far, I wouldn't even consider surgery at this point if it were me. ... (11 replies)
... COMPLEX AND SPINAL STENOSIS WITH 7MM CORD COMPRESSION. ... (21 replies)
... numbness is still there...only now I have intermittent rediculopathy in R thigh, not constant, but enough to get my attention. ... (4 replies)
... acceptance. after kissing a number of frogs, i now have a NS in whom i have as much faith as i can possibly have under the circumstances, so that is in place. like you, i am also desperate to get on with my life. ... (4 replies)
... In sept.2000 i was involved in a four car pile up. Originally diagnosed with whiplash. My symptoms continued to escalate, and finally i got an MRI after two years! ... (24 replies)
... In sept.2000 i was involved in a four car pile up. Originally diagnosed with whiplash. My symptoms continued to escalate, and finally i got an MRI after two years! ... (24 replies)
