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Cervical Fusion Recovery/HELP THIS IS HORRIBLE

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PLEASE HELP!!! I had c4,c5 & c6 fussed end Aug. 07. The numbness to my arm is much better but the muscle spasms are getting to be unbarable! I still take muscle relaxers and pain medication but that is only offers very temporary/partial relief. I am still in this hidious neck collar but I do...

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Tingling Feeling From Left Elbow into Left Hand and Left Fingers

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I am 19 year old female and has been having some weird feeling in the left side of my arm. I had went to the doctor a couple months ago because I had pain in my left breast and behind in my lower shoulder. My doctor said that it was a pulled muscle. I started up at a gym and the pain seemed to go...

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Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion C4-5, 5-6

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My Fiance' had ACD surgery, with fusion of C4-5, 5-6. They replaced the discs with bone from a bone bank instead of having to go through the actual hip/bone transplant procedure. Her surgery was 40 days ago, on March 3rd, 2010. With her Neurosurgeons recommendation, she chose to have the surgery...

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spinal surgery lower back with numbness in left leg and foot

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I had surgery two three years ago and now my left leg and foot are numb and hurt all the time.

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bertolotti syndrome

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It took me years to find that the name of the condition that I am suffering from is called "Bertolotti's Syndrome". All this time I had lower back pain. I don’t understand quite yet my condition. Doctor tried with steroids shots to reduce my pain, but that wasn’t long term solution. I started...

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Sudden Nerve pain down the front of thigh

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For the past 10 or so years I have experienced a very sudden, intense nerve pain that "pulses" down the front of my left thigh. This comes without any warning whatsoever, it usually is very sudden and quick, but so intensely painful that it can drop me to the floor in agony. Sometimes...

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Not a candidate for cervical epidural steroid injection

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A specialist reviewed my cervical MRI and told my spine doc that he will not give me the injection because the "space" is too small and th risk of paralysis is too great. I have bulging discs at C4/5 (moderate), C5/6, and C6/7 (severe) with pressure on spinal canal and intermittent pain and...

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Sciatica pain after lumber decompression surgery?

2 days after lumbar decompression surgery I developed sciatica type pain, shooting through buttock and down the thigh, the pain which I never had before the surgery. Did I herniated my disc again by starting to walk and even drive too soon after the surgery -- the next day? Or is it normal after...

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loss of arm movement during recovery from cervical lamenecto

I had a cervical laminectomy 2 months ago. Although 4 experts recommended the surgery due to stenosis and mild neuropathy in my hands, I had no pain prior to surgery. Post surgery I had no movement in my left arm. This was not noticed by the medical staff in the hospital and I did not realize it...

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dizziness after cervical surgery

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I had cervical disectomy and fusion on c4-c7 on 12/1/2011, since the surgery i have been getting dizziness, which i have told the doctor about, he insists that it is an inner ear problem, and sent me to a neuroligist, and i took it upon myself to see ear specialist also, never had this problem...

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