About Me: Female, 52, Orleans, VT, member since Jun 2012
I have had back pain since i was a young adult; after a fairly radical surgery i continued to have pain. Two years ago my back surgeon did MRI's and told me i had Syringomyelia. He really didn't tell me much about it, except that he couldn't do surgery as it would paral
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[More]yze me. I've just seen a new physician (as i moved back to Vermont) and he said i had to see a Neurosurgeon and have the syrinx removed immediatly! I'm quite alarmed, scared and confused. I'm really hoping this Forum can help me to calm down and learn more about all this.
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So as i've just moved back to Vermont, i've been needing to find a GP.
I didn't want to see the same doctor i had when i was here before; as he was totally...
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