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Spine & Spinal Nerve Disorders

Discuss topics related to spinal cord injury, spinal discs, back and neck pain, osteoporosis, sciatica, scoliosis, spondylosis, stenosis, and whiplash on this forum.

post operative dizziness and nausea/vomiting

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I had a microdiscectomy 7 weeks ago. A few days after the operation I had a really sore throat and vomiting, the vomiting subsided but the nausea and dizziness have stayed. Have visited the doctor twice but puts it down to the aneasetic. The surgeon says its nothing to do with it or the...

by User avatar Guest

Pain Following Cervical Spine Surgery

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This post is an extension of the Post cervical spine surgery pain thread. Please continue posting within this thread.

by User avatar Jenny3481

side effects of mri contrast

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Where can I find out about the dangers and side effects of mri contrast? I might have to go through this (my doctor mentioned it today) and knowing more about an mri scan with contrast would be helpful to me. Do I have to be worried about the side effects?

by User avatar dukie629212608

L5-S1 Disc gone..

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Hi everyone, I would love to get some information. I'm 17 years old and was diagnosed with servere degenerative disc disease and spinal steneois. I do not know much about these conditions since i'm rather young and have not paid attention to these. My L5-S1 disc is completely gone. How did I get DDD...

by User avatar Hero9

disc herniation at c-3 c-4 with nerve root displacement

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I received my mri resukts wit c3 c4 herniated and c5 c6 budging wit an evident annular tear.  I cant get intoa neurosurgen for a while.  I am in extreme pain.. Can this be corrected without surgery or an I lookinag at surgery.. If surget is the answer what is the recovery time and will tis correct...

by User avatar lucylou

Having anterior cervical discetomy and fusion with posterior cervical foraminotomy and fusion

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I have disc degenerative disease and have 3 bulging discs, c4-c5, c5-c6 and c6-c7 with severe spinal cord compression at c5-c6 and c6-c7, due to osteophytes. I have seen 4 surgeons, each with totally different opinions. The 1st surgeon wanted to do 2 disc replacements, 2nd only wanted to do...

by User avatar guitarwife

I am 9wks post op for L3-5 lumbar decompression surgery

I am 9wks post op for L3-5 lumbar decompression surgery an just in the past few days stared having random sharp pains in the right side of my back..it comes and goes......Does anyone know if this is normal? Ever since surgery all i do is worry if i'm moving te wrong way or should I not be doing this...

by User avatar lizly9999

Whole neck cervical fusion

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Hi,Has anyone out there had their whole neck fused (C1-C6)?  I have been having trouble deciding on having the surgery, and now am finally ready.  I am interested in hearing stories about this and recovery time, problems, positive feedback, etc.  I have heard you have to wear a neck brace for a...

by User avatar Cheryl327

I don't know off hand which discs, but I can provide later.

I had Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion almost a year ago by neck to remove a ruptured disc and since then I gained 40+lbs in the first couple months mostly in the stomach no where else though, get out of breath easily, low stamina, hardly any strength, have a high blood pressure and I used to...

by User avatar Jonathan Allen206852

Suffering from Sciatica

I had suffered from severe sciatica for over two years and about a year ago my GP recommended me to an orthopedic surgeon. He made me get an MRI and when he looked at the scan he said that I needed a triple laminectomy on L3/L4/L5/S1 with bracing, costing me to the order of $40 000. I could not get...

by User avatar esprit138520