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Spine & Spinal Nerve Disorders

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surgery in 06 artifical cervical disc

I had a Bryan cervical disc put in between 5-6, since then I have had chronic pain to the point that it is debilitating. In 06 I was taking Valium, Tylenol 4 and celebrex. I weened myself off the medication in 08 but found it difficult to function. I was to be part of a 5yr study but was dropped...

by User avatar Guest

Middle back pain near to thorasic spine T5 T6

hi frnds i have the severe mid back pain near to spine, middle back tightness, when  swalloing my middle back is pain near to spine , difficulty breathng ,shoulder tight ness and i had thorasic mri cervical mri but no abnormality is there  and i had a endoscopy small ulceration is there docter...

by User avatar Ruthu prabha

Severe 3 level cervical spinal stenosis - Should I see a neurologist or neurosurgeon?

I have severe stenosis. C4-5 left facet joint with bony hypertrophy with severe narrowing of the joint space. Mild neural foranimal stenosis on the right. C5-6 anterior and posterior osteophyte formation and marked narrowing of disk space. Severe degenerative changes at the uncovertebral joints....

by User avatar Mary B.14163

C6-7 fusion vs artificial disk replacement

Hi, I am a 26 year old male and I got a herniated disk in my neck (c6-7) two years ago in a bicycle accident.  Despite conservative treatment, I have not been able to rid the pain in my neck.  I do not have pain or numbness down my arm but the neck pain has gotten to be bad.  Has anyone had the...

by User avatar GRG

pain from esi....

i had my second esi done a few days ago, the first one, it didnt hurt at all, i didnt even know it was done at first, but it later made me feel worse than before i got it.....so...now i had my 2nd one, and the doctor said the second one would do me better....now i feel terrible, all my joints...

by User avatar emoclew21826

6 days post op anterior disectomy/fusion and plates and scre

I had my surgery last Monday. I am having worse pain post op then pre-op. My doctor says it's very unusual to have a lot of pain afterwards. On Friday I went to the ER because my doctor sent me to have a CAT scan. The neurosurgeion says everything looks beautiful on film. He says it must be...

by User avatar Guest

Microdiscectomy--2 years later

Hi, I was wondering if someone would help me with a question about a surgery (microdiscectomy) I had about 2 years ago. I was having extreme numbness in my left buttock down through my left proximal hamstring. I tried PT, shots, then surgery. Originally I thought the surgery helped but after a...

by User avatar Cluchej

hello I have spiderveins and alot of them, freaking me out, but I know its normal too

Ok so I love the heater, but only been using it for two days now in my cold room. about back in novemeber 2010 I found one spot of spider veins that are red on my left side of my stomach, then when 20 august came I found that there was another spot of spider veins about a thumb away from the other,...

by User avatar Darlface171170

Had cervicallaminectomy surgery.

Had surgery Mar.9. the symptoms I had before surgery are still there, even a little worse. Is this as good as It gets?

by User avatar Guest

had ant.disc. at c5/6 in 2006 with bone graft.Had ant corpectomy March 2009

Had anterior disectomy in 2006 with harvested bone graft.In August 2008 had pain in shoulders and down arms.Had MRI done and found that the fusion at c5/6 had started to bulge and according to my NS. was growing into my spinal canal causing pressure onto the cord. This had been happening for...

by User avatar pammypoo.