Sorry P.S.S. one last thing, hope this is not too long for you. I forgot to add my symptoms:
I have dizziness, lightheadedness, headaches front and back - they get bad, clear watery running from my nose at itmes when I bend over or lean over that is not snot, severe neck pain, upper back pain runs into my arm, lower back pain and leg pain, chronic sinus problems, back of my head is so sore underneath - inside - and on top - the outside - to the touch, nausea only with the headaches and severe pain, I get pain in my faice and right eyeball, and have been getting numbness and tingling in face and hands/feet - think the hands and feet have to do with the tachycardia - I am on meds for that, and also sometimes I get slurring or my speech - according to others and I catch it sometimes.
P.S. I guess, you don't have to take all that time to look up my posts, I will list them here:
MRI #1 -Past surgical changes of suboccipital cranioctomy. The cerebellar tonsils protrude inferiorly into the foramen magnum and are somewhat deformed consistant with the patient's history of Chiari malformation.
I have a small stable fatty tumor 5 mm in the suprasellar cistern - started out at 1 mm 11 yrs ago.
MRI #2 - Findings: Alignment and vertebral body heights are within normal limits. Within the T4 vertebral body, there is a 1cm mass, high in signal on T1 and T2 –weighted imaging, consistent with hemangioma.
At C2-C3, there are degenerative disk changes. There is poterior disk and osteophyte, somewhat eccentric to the left. Canal measures approximately 1.0 cm. There is minimal left-sided stenosis.
At C3-C4, there are mild degenerative disk changes. The canal measures 1.0 cm. There is no foraminal stenosis.
At C4-C5, there is no canal stenosis. There is some unconvertebral point change resulting in mild left-sided forminal stenosis.
The C5-C6, C6-C7 and C7-T1 levels are unremarkable.
Impression:
There are degenerative disk changes at C2-C3 and C3-C4. This results in minimal central canal stenosis.
There is mild left-sided foraminal stenosis, C2-C3 and C4-C5.
I had the surgery for Chiari over a year and 2 months ago and it according to the MRI #1 is back I guess?
Sorry for all the info, hope it helps. Don't know if it has anything to do with my pain or not. The doctor at the said the pain in my back and left arm could be due to the lesion/hemigoma on the T4 area. He said they can create a great deal of pain.
P.S. one more thing, I am coming to Cleveland on February 3rd for the neuro appt.