Spine & Spinal Nerve Disorders

spinal injury/spinal tumor surgery

I am 32 years old. I had an accident 3 months ago. A box fell on me hitting my head and neck. From that accident it was also found out that I have a tumor in my spinal cord between C1 and C2. Immidiately after the accident, I felt numbness and weakness all over my body. The feeling persisted until...

by Venus over a year ago

neck surgery

Answered by a doctor

three month ago i have a neck surgery they had to replace C4 i want to know what consequence there is after surgery regarding back to work and doing the stuff i was doing before, how much disability peoples will have with this kind of surgery. i am worried thank you : :-(

by Guest over a year ago

c5-c6 disc narrowing, osteophytes, bone enlargement, little feeling in left index finger since May 4

Got back from Disneyland with constant spasms taking place along the left tricep, underarm area, leading into the pins & needles that proceeded to my thumb, index & middle fingers. Chiro and massuese helped the spasms to stop but my pins and needles and numbness continue and actually have...

by numb_left_pointer151266 over a year ago

broken herring rod

my dad had herring rods put in after he broke his back in 1981. Recently, after getting hurt on the job, he found out that one of the rods is broken. he can not stand for more than 3 minutes, and was told not to lift anything. He can have surgery, however that has a 50/50 chance of causing...

by srh6284 over a year ago

Spots on my back

I had chicken pox when I was a child, but know I had a bump on my back and I popped it know I have dark spotts on my back that will not go away. I heard someone say that the chicen pox strain stays in your back and bumps might come back, but I cant remember what its called and if someone could tell...

by Ross over a year ago

Bad pain in mylower left back

I have had pneumonu for a while and am being treated by a doctor. I have had larengist for the last two weeks and I am on meds. This morining I had a bad coughing fit this moring while doing this I felt a sharp pain go through the left side of my back. It was so painful I almost past out. My...

by seer1138719 over a year ago

nucleoplasty yes or no

My boyfriend has recently find out that he has cervical hernia C6-C7. The doctor recommended him nucleoplasty which is a quite new method in Romania for this kind of hernia. He said that he is to young (35) for an operation but he recommend this method - nucleoplasty. There is someone who did this...

by L_Claudia69826 over a year ago

SEVERE PAIN 4 MONTHS POST MULTILEVEL DISCECTOMY WITH TITANIUM PLATE

I HAD FIRST SURGERY IN 1992 AFTER AN AUTOMOVILE ACCIDENT. FUSION AT C 6-7. IN AUGUST 2008 I HAD SECOND SURGERY AT SAME LEVEL BECAUSE THE FUSION DID NO TAKE. ALSO, I HAD HERNIATION AT LEVER C 5-6. DR PERFORMED 3 1/2 HOUR SURGERY AND REMOVED BONE SPURS. I WOKE UP IN PAIN AND HAVE BEEN IN SEVERE...

by LILLIE KNOTTS over a year ago

PAIN NUMBING SHOTS IN AREA WERE SURGERY IS TO MAKE PAIN LESS

last year i had lumbar fusion L4L5 THEY WENT THROUHGTHE FRONTOF MY STOMUCH DURING MY SURGERY MY SURGEN GAVE ME A BUNCH OF SHOTS ON THE IN SIDE OF MY SURGERY AREA AND MY PAIN WAS A LOT LESS PAIN FULL THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE WHAT WAS THAT CALLED RESON BEING IS THAT IAM HAVING A SURGERY ON...

by bprice424@charter.net over a year ago

Brief reflection about limitations and some of their key factors from my personal experience

My childhood was in the 70’s, sorrounded by doctors, lots of medical tests (some of them really painful), medical treatments and plenty of visits to hospitals; it was hard, especially for my parents, who suffered every wrong diagnosis. As a matter of fact, the final diagnosis came very recently...

by distoweb136881 over a year ago