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Originally Posted by Dubious
Bob,
A thoracic herniation is an exceedingly rare animal (0.5% of all hernations), you should go by a Lotto ticket!
All kidding aside, (I can say that, I had 4 thoracic herniations), it can be a real problem if there is cord compression and long track signs (your doc can explain that one). Hopefully that is not the case. The central canal is not wide at that level compared to the cord dimensions. Superior and inferior migration just means that the extruded fragment has moved up and down some from where it herniated.
I trust you have a good spine doc who can guide you through this. Epidural steroid injections after medrol dose pak is the mainstay. I suppose you could try spinal decompression therapy (conservative and benign) but it can be expensive. It is not a scam, rather usually an opportunistic financial boon for the practitioner administering it, but can be effective none the less. Surgery is a definative last resort in the thoracic spine as it is sort of a surgical "no man's land" for decompression with significant potential serious complications.
Good luck!
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Thanks for the info. Guess I will go buy a lotto ticket LOL.
The doc I am seeing also suspects that I may have MS as well. I hope that the symptoms I am having are coming from this issue rather than MS.