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In Remembrance
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,002
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In Remembrance
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,002
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I have read many MRI reports, and whether your notations create pain or problems for you must be analyzed with a very good spine (ortho) surgeon. Someone can have a 5 mm bulge with no pain, while another can have a 2mm and have a lot of pain. Everyone by the age of 35 has SOMETHING on their spinal MRIs, usually degenerative in nature. (Especially depending upon diet and where the person was raised - some countries have severe spondylosis and degenerative disc disease as their profile, while milk-fed US people don't generally.)
I am going to post my usual list of testing only so that you can see that many of us have to become pretty much our own researchers, and go through quite a few doctors seeking knowledgeable ones. The reason we have a list of docs is that most don't get TOS at all. I went to Dr. Annest in Denver for my surgery, although I'm in CA. When it came time to decide, it really wasn't any more cost for w/c to send me there, as opposed to transporting me to LA or San Diego, (since I didn't live in either place.) Given the right process and referrals, work comp has and will pay for the top docs in Denver. So that's my recommendation -
Plus, good wishes, and hoping you find a good path for healing.
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