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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,424
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,424
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Well, there IS good reason to do this. Spinal patients have been doing this for years, to detect serious spinal defects. X-rays do NOT show soft tissue such as the discs. If you have a herniated disc it does NOT show up in an X-ray. Thus the reason for the MRI, and the dye makes it show up much better. Plus the dye makes other things show up that might be missed without the dye such as scar tissue and small tumors.
Being a spinal patient and a chronic pain patient for almost 25 years, I've found it to be a life saver. You might too at some point in your life.
Best of luck and God bless. Peace, Lee
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recovering alcoholic, sober since 7-29-93;severe depression; 2 open spinal surgeries; severe sciatica since 1986; epidurals; trigger points; myelograms; Rhizotomy; Racz procedure; spinal cord stimulator implant (and later removal); morphine pump trial (didn't work);now inoperable; lumpectomy; radiation; breast cancer survivor; heart attack; fibromyalgia; on disability.
Often the test of courage is not to die, but to live..
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