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i hurt my back and had  herniated disk in my L3,L4L5 AND S1.i had an mri done on the 17th of jan,2009 and it showed that they are not herniated disk.how can this happen?
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CT scans image bone so unless they used some dye for contrast they usally cannot be definate about whether a disk has herniated
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According to my surgeon, it's not uncommon for herniated discs to "retract" back into the sac and relieve the pressue on the nerve/surrounding tissue.

When I first herniated my disc at L4/L5....I had to wait 6 months before the surgery just to see if the problem went away on it's own.
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Wow I didn't know they could repair on their own.
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i had an ct scan and mri back in october 1989 when i first hurt my back
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749758 tn?1233245894
Hmmmm how did you know they were herniated prior to the MRI??
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