thoracic spine. Does anyone have a lesion?/ also hypochondria as a dx

[terrics]

If you have a thoracic spinal lesion can I ask where it is and how it effects you?

Also, I see alot of posts where Drs seem to think patients are hypochondriacs.  I think my neurologist thinks I'm a hypochondriac.  She has that raised eyebrow look when I tell her certain things.  

terrics

[maxthecat43]

I think you can get nerve root lesions in the thoracic spine, but my neurologist said that MS type lesions never occur in the T-spine.  Nerve root lesions sound pretty bad too though.

But if you guys have them, and your neuros say they are MS related; I'm confused again.

Tammy

[timchiro]

the best advice i can give is: get to a chiropractor ASAP! choose a chiropractor neurologist. you can find one near you at www.txchronicpain.com or www.lifechangingcare.com. chiropractors will not laugh at your issues, chiropractors do not treat diseases and they do not treat symtoms and they do not cure. the chiropractor helps the body heal itself. MD's only have pills shots surgery.

[MOJO39]

Hello I am a 44 w/female and one week I started have severe headaches...finally realized I couldn't see out of left eye...I don't like doctors so I kept cleaning my glasses thinking I was crazy..lol.  But I first went to eye doctor he said brain tumor..then sent me to Opthomologist and said NO..you have scaring behind your eye...you have MS..go to the ER now and get a MRI, and see a Neurologist.  Well I did this and like some of you no brain lessions were found...and and after a week of taking 500mg of predisone orally daily, I have got my sight back.  But I am concerned because many of past problems seem to go back to MS or something like it...but they called them silent migrains because they couldnt explain what was happening.  Like I would be able to spell Cat but not say it...it was very scary,  I have COPD and am on Oxygen already...would just like to plan whats my life going to be...but they (the doctors) just want me to come back in May and retake all the tests....I don't know...and I hear you all about the shock..but sometimes do you all feel like your just a conductor of electictecity (sp?) there are days that no matter what I touch I will be shocked all day long...okay sorry to bother you all!  Thanks for any help...also had all test..no std, no folic problems..ect  Thanks Again
MOJO

[terrics]

I just had the T spine MRI.  I don't have the results yet.  I do have 9 brain lesions and a pos. VER.  Yet there still seems to be some doubt about the validity of my symptoms.  I guess there are many crack pots who go to the neurologist.  I was curious about the T spine because that may be the answer to the mystery of my symptoms.  Any info on the thoracic spine would be helpful. thanks

terric

[angie99]

hello, I have a lesion at T4, they say it is a syrinx(cyst in canal) my symptoms come and go and range from prickley feet to spasms in right foot and right calf, one time in the thigh, I have had that "water running down leg feeling" also those spots on your skin like your on fire, skin feels real sensetive sometimes on my right torso, sometimes my back goes numb around the bra strap area...but not that often.  I also have those electric shocks and twitches and stinging, zapping things too. But the most bothersome is my other symptoms that are brain related, that shouldnt have anything to do with my syrinx, in may 08 i was dx with trigeminal neuralgia, I get alot of pains in my head, my pc says it is neuralgia, 2 neuros say Im fine and the syrinx is not causing anything, but my pc says he believes it is something along the lines of ms and said this spring he will send me for another mri at uk that has the 3T machine.  Do you have a lesion in the Tspine, where at?

[Wobbly]

Hi there... I just had a full spine MRI and waiting for the results... and I have had a few Dr think its all in my head...

I go for my results next Wed...so I'm waiting to find out if any symptoms are caused by lesions on my spine?  

have you had MRI of your spine?

take care
wobbly
undx

[doni54]

Hi Terrics,

That is a great question and one I've been trying to research myself.  I had a brain MRI in Oct which was clear.

My neuro has scheduled me for another brain MRI and c spine MRI on Mon.  Don't understand the redo of the brain MRI and also don't understand why he is not doing the t spine MRI.  Oh well, I'm not a neuro so I have to go with the flow.

I have lots of problems with arms, hands, legs and feet, from what I have read it can be from the c spine or the t spine.

I will try to look up some more facts for you and pm them to you.

doni

[ChunkyMonkeysMommy]

Also, I'm in relapse mode right now. My doctor didn't bother to do an MRI. As soon as I told her what I was feeling, she said that it was "classic symptoms of a relapse". Should I be concerned about this? I haven't had an MRI done since I was diagnosed in July 2007. However, I should add that I was pregnant from November '07 until August '08. How often should MRI's be done to check the progression of the disease?

[ChunkyMonkeysMommy]

When the doctors finally listened to me (after AT LEAST 10 years of telling them that something wasn't right and having very odd symptoms that would come and go, but when they came they stayed for long periods of time, then just went away after months) it was only because they actually found a lesion on my thoracic spine. This was when I went to them with numbness, pins and needles, and shocks in my left leg and foot. It took several months, moving to a different state and finding a new doctor to do an MRI of my brain and find 6 additional lesions. I totally understand what you mean about them looking at you like you're a hypochondriac. My GP did that to me for several years, dx'ing me with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Gout, everything BUT what I actually have. Some doctors just don't care and will say anything to take your money and get you out the door.

[poorkid]

The majority of my lesions are based in the cervical spine.  I can't really help you with the thoracic symptoms.  I just wanted to say, do not let a Dr. make you feel like a hypochondriac!  

Probably 2 years before my diagnosis, I mentioned to my family Dr. that I was having these weird electrical shocks in my spine.  He actually looked at me and laughed!!

I felt like an idiot and hesitated to bring this up to my new Dr. until finally my leg went numb.  I think I would have been diagnosed sooner, had I listened to my gut instinct.
I know he was not a neuro, but Dr.'s should give credibility to our symptoms.

Find a Dr. who cares.

(I still would like to send a letter to this Dr. with my diagnosis and say "SEE!!")

[Suzie9]

I believe I have two lesions on my spine and at least one is in the thoracic region. I am diagnosed with clinically isolated syndrome and have sensory symptoms. I presentened with sudden paraethesia around my spine 2 years ago.