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Looking for other abused clinical trial subject for Stryker Spine CerviCore Disc - implant

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Hello - Has anyone on this board been a subject in a clinical trial for Stryker Spine Cervicore Interverterbral Disc - one level total disc replacement? I am looking for other subjects who were recruited into this trial that was sponsored by Stryker Spine for their IDE clinical trial of the...

by User avatar philomena.55150214

Chronic Tiredness related to cortisone??

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I had an epidural cortisone shot 1 year ago to treat a degenerative disc. Thankfully, the shot worked very well and I have not had to go back for another and the pain is still minimal. I do however have chronic fatigue or tiredness now. I know that it is somehow related to the shot since I have...

by User avatar SC7454047

lumbar puncture..Could i have nerve damage?

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Hi i had a lumbar puncture done almost 2 months ago at which time the dr. took like 3 tries to get it right...after which 3 days later i was back in hosptial for a blood patch...(they got that right the 1st try).... Now almost 2 months later and when i bend over forward my back still hurts in that...

by User avatar nnj925116464

why do i keep getting this wierd twitching in the same spot on my head??

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the last 2 days or so, i've had this twitchy spot on my head, and its in the same spot. i've been scratching and digging at it to get it to go away, and i don't have scabies or lice or anything, because i get checked every so ofeten for it all, and i just got checked on the weekend. but its really...

by User avatar life_sucks1234

Head pain and slight numbness after Cervical rhizotomy

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Just had the procedure cervical rhizotomy and experiencing pain in my head and slight numbness mostly pain also @ injection site. I have fibro muscular dysplasia and concenquently have had 3 strokes. I have daily pain some are like seizures and some spasms. Migraines daily. I'm not sure if this...

by User avatar Guest

Tarlov Cyst

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I was told in 2010 I had 1 Tarlov Cyst showed up on my MRI. I had pain and my rt leg was giving way. Now it's 2013 and my new MRI shows 5 Tarlov Cyst and I have been in constant pain since 3/16/13 well over 20 + days. I cry from the pain my rt leg gives way more than it did before I would say 1 a...

by User avatar Guest

Spinal Stenosis C4, C5 & C6

My husband felt pain on his neck and right hand. Went for a x-ray and is diagnosed to suffer from spinal stenosis c4, c5 & c6 with buldging disk. He has been going for therapy for almost 6 months but the doctor advised him to undergo surgery in order to fully recover. On several occasions, we...

by User avatar helpless811690

lose back pain

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Hi! I am new here and I want to ask a question about back pain. Though I have never paid all that much attention to it, I have to admit to having had back pain ever since I was in my early twenties. I guess that I just have a weak back. The thing is that my lower back always aches like hell, but...

by User avatar trumann159139485

hip & leg pain immediately after lumbar laminectomy

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Immediately upon waking from lumbar laminectomy, I was in severe pain ... NOT pain from the surgery - not lumbar pain, but horrible bone aching hip and leg pain. The pain level was off my "10 yrs. experience from chronic pain" scale ... Pain was so bad I couldn't handle it ... shaking,...

by User avatar Buck_Dodgers60084

Broken titanium rod??? has anyone found a class action lawsuit on the manufacturer?

I had spinal fusion from T10 to S1 in Dec 2014 and in Dec 2016 while barely leaning forward heard a loud pop followed by excruciating pain. X-ray showed a broken titanium rod. With further tests it was discovered that the head to a screw into my pelvis stabilization rod had also been sheeted off....

by User avatar Beth