Spine & Spinal Nerve Disorders

chronic pain treatment

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:-( I have had chronic pain in grion and lower back for the past year and a half. The back pain has been 99% gone since injection about 6 months ago, scans had shown bulging disk. The groin pain mainly right testical has not been pin pointed, pain clinic dr says he has treated this in other men and...

by cnut over a year ago

ANULLAR TEAR L4/L5 AND GROIN/HIP PAIN

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Hi I was diagnosed with an anullar tear at the level of L4 and L5. I have been suffering from lower back pain for almost a year now and it was recently that they diagnosed me with this.... I also started having (last 2 months) a lot of pain on my right hip and it travels to the other hip, my groin...

by Roxy09 over a year ago

My husband was diagnosed with viral meningitis

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My husband was diagnosed with viral meningitis 7 months ago. The virus is now gone but he still has a terrible headache. He has stopped taking Percoset ,(Dr. thought it was a rebound headache.) That was 13 days ago! Anyone have any ideas? He will have 3 or 4 good days then 7 or 8 really bad days....

by tvan over a year ago

I am diagnosed with Spondylolysis L5

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Hi, I am diagnosed with spondylolysis L5 abt 9 years ago. It should have been cured however the pain is so pesistence. Recently, I had done carried some heavy load and while putting the load on the floor, I felt a very sharp pain on the right lower spine and now I can even feel the numbness to my...

by leonardlyh102966 over a year ago

screw broke on my anterior cervicle fusion of the c4/c5 and c5/c6 vertebrae

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I recently had xrays of my neck (I had anterior cervicle fusion in October 2005) because I have been experiencing a significant amount of pain since January. The pain is constant, but is acute when I move my to the right or if I am jostled any in a car, etc. I also have pain and weakness in my...

by grannyj over a year ago

Stages to albow nerve damage after sergery

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I had also sergery on my nerve damage on my left arm and the nerlogist says that it is getting worse but he did not tell me about the affect you get just gave me pain pills and I had to ask for them. Now after a few years of numbness I am what you would call thrid stage they can not do anymore to...

by Guest over a year ago

Epidural injections, need some information

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Hello, I am scheduled to have an epidural injection after an injury that happened in 2007 of june. I was told by the doctor that I would most definately be a canidate for surgery since my symptoms having got better in over a year. My question is, "if I refuse the injection, can workers comp...

by Darnell4u96643 over a year ago

cervical fusion c4-c6 plate and screws

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I recently had cervical fusions in c4 through c6 due to being crused under a trailer I was welding on a couple of years ago. Went through steroid injecions in my neck, botox for the neck muscle pain, and then finally the MRI showed absolutly no disk material left in these regions. So I opted for...

by michaelwoodak95801 over a year ago

Pain after cervical rhizotomy

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I had a cervical rhizotomy 3 weeks ago for left C4-5 facet pain. Previous steroid injections ad helped for 1-2 months. Right after the procedure, the pain was gone for abouot 2 days then it started to come back. It was as bad as it ever by five days and continues to be severe at times. I also...

by scanross95357 over a year ago

Numbness around hip down left thigh to feet

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I had a mengioma removed on January 23, the upper left side of the brain that affected the right side of the body. I am still on medication, having seizure symptoms, which are now decreasing. Ever so often the numbness and tingling comes across to the left side. This weekend, I started period,...

by carvernic over a year ago