Okay, it seems to me that my doctors are really down playing the situation with my bulging disc at C5 & 6. I have neurological deficits as a result of this, and a whole bunch of other issues with it too. But, I also have a chronic pain condition with my shoulder that seems to have them baffled as well. Anyway, the neurosurgeon I saw doesn't think that my disc warrants any sort of surgical intervention and thinks that my neck looks good. The ortho docs mention it, and don't really discuss the kind of distress I'm in. The one that discovered the neurological deficits did document those and he is the one who sent me to the great pain doc I'm seeing. My Pain doc, who is an anesthesiologist, has diagnosed the following: mononeuritis occipital neuralgia, cervical spondylosis, cervical disc displacement, cervical radiculopathy, and cervical degenerative disc disease. All of this, results from an old car accident which involved years of different treatments, three surgeries, and ongoing therapies, etc... So, I'm a little confused about the way they present this. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Or am I just being overly sensitive about this.
ellena