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disc protrusion
May 08, 2008 07:07PM in the Back & Neck Community
Hi. My Name is Virginia and I have had to have 2 fusions one at C4/5 and one at C5/6. I had all the symptoms that you have except I had a great deal of weakness in my left arm and that was the determining factor for my surgery. I could barely lift my left arm because of nerve pressure and the fact that the muscles in my left arm had atrophied. I did hav...
Spinal Stenosis MRI results
May 07, 2008 03:05PM in the Neurology Community
10 years ago I had surgery to have two discs fused C4/5 and C5/6. I have spinal stenosis. Last year I had an MRI done and it read: Cervical cord also returns a normal MR signal except for mild focal increase in signal seen along the left posterior aspect of the cord at the C3/4 level. My neurologist said that she had contacted a Neurosurgeon to see if th...
22 and having 3 level dics fusion.
May 07, 2008 01:03PM in the Back & Neck Pain Expert Forum
Hi. My name is Virginia and I know what you are going through. I too was diagnosed with pretty much the same thing that you are having to deal with. I was in pain for a long time before anyone could diagnose my problem including my neurologist. I spent about two years going from place to place trying to find out why I had trouble lifting my left arm and a...