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Old 10-21-2010, 08:02 PM
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Hi ~ Let me see if I can help:

At C3-4 you have a bone spur in the spinal canal.

At C4-5 You have a disc bulge which partially blots out the CFS space, but doesn't touch the spinal cord. There is no spinal stenosis

At C5-6 You have a bone spur which completely blots out the CFS but doesn't result in spinal stenosis (narrowing).

At C6-7 You have a disc bulge slightly on the left. There is mild to moderate narrowing of lateral recesses. (stenosis.)

Just MY opinion, but this doesn't look like surgical problems. You would be MUCH better off going with conservative methods ~ believe me, you are NEVER the same after surgery. And usually after surgery, you STILL have the same pain and sometimes worse. Pain is NEVER a reason to have surgery. Surgery ONLY corrects mechanical problems, but it very rarely helps pain. Also, once you've had surgery, usually a few years later you'll need more surgery because the levels above or below the surgery site will have failed. So it ends up to be a continual round of surgeries.

Best of luck to you. I hope something can be done to ease your pain. God bless and let us know what happens. Hugs, Lee
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