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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.

posterior neck fusion

Sorry, I have not been on lately but still busy in moving from California to Virginia! Also, lots of stiffness in my neck when I wake up each morning & if overdo it during the day I pay for it at night with more stiffness & hurts a lot!  My sister bought me a hand massager that...

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Heavy legs and back pain, brain fog blurred vision.

Above are the side affects I experienced last year after having 2MRI's in one day and another the next day. Am I safe to have these tests again?  I do have 3 scheduled in 2 weeks. July 12th and 13th.  I also developed dizziness and falling over 100 times. Being weak my arms and hands are...

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post lumbar puncture

My 9 month old can no longer sit up independently after a lumbar puncture. It has been a week and he seems to have lost all motor control of his trunk and head

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I need feed back on c3-c7 disectomy and laminectomy with har

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I have had 2 neck surgeries in the last 1 1/2 year now I am fused from c3- to c7. Iam just wondering if anyone else has had this and are you pain free? I had to quit my job of 13 years because the pain is not gone away. I can't lift over 10 pounds or I pay for it for days. I am just so frustrated,...

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life expectancy for hydrocephalus

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Where can I find out what the average life expectancy for patients with hydrocephalus is? I imagine that life expectancy must be greatly impacted by hydrocephalus. Would that be a correct assumption? I know stories about people born with "water on the brain", and always thought they did not live for...

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Extra Lumbar Vertebrae

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I recently paid a visit to the ER because I hurt my back. I learned that I had a 6th lumbar vertebrae. The doctor said that this is most likely the cause of my lower back pain. I 've read many things that said this shouldn't cause lower back pain and I've read many things that said it does. I...

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MESSAGE to those preparing for ACDF surgery

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MESSAGE TO THOSE WHO ARE ANTICIPATING ACDF SURGERY... I read a lot of these posts before my surgery a month ago and they scared me half to death! I had a C-5/6 6/7 ACDF four weeks ago.The surgery was a complete success and most of my numbness/tingling/arm pain is resolved. I am SO glad I had it...

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Scoliosis Surgery: Broken Titanium Rods

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Hi, I am curious as to whether anyone has experienced severe back pain with broken titanium rods. I had a spinal fusion for scoliosis in 2002 (I was 12) at the Shriners Hospital in SC. I had a great and fast recovery. A few years after surgery I started experiencing back pains, although minor, still...

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my name Powell

Either someone has the same last name or is using my last name on posts?  One post using my last name is most definitely NOT me as & on profile it shows a male - so I updated my profile to gender,etc...S.Mae~

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postop on spinal decompression!

I am now in the hardest & longest healing stage - Maturation Phase!  I wake each morning with stiffness in my neck & by the end of the day depending on how much head movement I do I hurt.  So I have been using [not on any Doctors orders] my soft neck collar which does help in...

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