Spine & Spinal Nerve Disorders

posterior neck fusion

Sorry, I have not been on lately but still busy in moving from California to Virginia! Also, lots of stiffness in my neck when I wake up each morning & if overdo it during the day I pay for it at night with more stiffness & hurts a lot! My sister bought me a hand massager that...

by displayed pruner over a year ago

Heavy legs and back pain, brain fog blurred vision.

Above are the side affects I experienced last year after having 2MRI's in one day and another the next day. Am I safe to have these tests again? I do have 3 scheduled in 2 weeks. July 12th and 13th. I also developed dizziness and falling over 100 times. Being weak my arms and hands are...

by Guest over a year ago

post lumbar puncture

My 9 month old can no longer sit up independently after a lumbar puncture. It has been a week and he seems to have lost all motor control of his trunk and head

by dreamless chief over a year ago

my name Powell

Either someone has the same last name or is using my last name on posts? One post using my last name is most definitely NOT me as & on profile it shows a male - so I updated my profile to gender,etc...S.Mae~

by displayed pruner over a year ago

postop on spinal decompression!

I am now in the hardest & longest healing stage - Maturation Phase! I wake each morning with stiffness in my neck & by the end of the day depending on how much head movement I do I hurt. So I have been using [not on any Doctors orders] my soft neck collar which does help in...

by displayed pruner over a year ago

Are headaches normal after posterior neck fusion?

It is me again! Having a difficult time in dealing with the healing process but also the ongoing daily pain. The two do not seem to belong together but they are! Anyway, my question is: I am having headaches & is that in connection with the nerves growing that causes off & on headaches? Plus...

by displayed pruner over a year ago

I have major headaches since the C5-6 fusion surgery. Doctor told me it was because my C7 is pinched

Major headaches since surgery and on sumatriptan 100 mg, they put screws in C4-5-6 , I was released that day I was supposed to say in the hospital for two days, wouldn't you know I got a blood clot on my esophagus, the size of a grapefruit put on a ventilator and almost died 53 years old worst part...

by Guest over a year ago

Back pops after pulling 200 lbs conveyor belt. They want to try me on a Nerve Simulator.

I had back surgery and 6 weeks later I had to return to work. I was made to pull a 200 lbs conveyor belts, my supervisor told me to and stood and watched. Since then my back is popping and I'm in pain. I had to file for worker comp. and wasn't allow to see another doctor (every said they couldn't...

by Guest over a year ago

I had discectomy at T10-T11. Legs partially paralyzed following surgery. Why?

I had lumbar spinal fusion 11 years ago and suffered sciatic nerve damage and right foot drop after surgery. I recently had thoracic spine surgery a discectomy at level Y10-T11 and it was supposed to be same day, however I wasn't able to walk at all after surgery. I was kept in hospital the...

by dustproof garb over a year ago

THINKING ABOUT ME AND MY MOVEMENT DISORDER

Hello. Probably you or any immediate family suffer from a movement disorder (eg. any sort of dystonia, Parkinson's, Essential tremor, Muscular dystrophy, etc..) or any of its associated symptoms. I suffer from generalized dystonia since the 70’s and I would like to share and think with you...

by distoweb136881 over a year ago