Hi all, yep, in the same boat, just finished 3 Epidurals, each were in a different T disc. I fell on the ice in December and I'm still trying to fix this. Pt, med's, shots, what next. The ESI's did not work. T7-8 is the worse, but I have a lot of that knawing, pulsating pain in T9-10. Wraps into my ribs so bad I can't even touch them. Sometimes I awake in early morn were the pain is in my abdomen... Just got out of hospital due to shallow, short breath, trying to get a second breath. Result's; my thoracic disc are causing it.
I go th CC myself in the PM dept. The head of dept is my doc. Anway, just had last epidural. no more for me. I have a SCS in right hip that controls all my lower back, but now it's in T and 1 in Cervical. Here's my CTScan, can't have MRI, with the SCS. If you know how to read these let me know if it's bad. Do you think I might have to have surgery? It's gotten me so upset, my stomach is turning flipflops. I'm a MESS! Please let me know what you think. Thanks

THORACIC
There is disk degeneration with spondylosis and posterior disk bulging
with associated remodelling of the bone and osteophytosis at its superior
and inferior margins

Specifically,

At T7-T8, there is moderate to large central mostly left-sided disk
extrusion with inferior migration with moderate flattening of the spinal
cord likely present

At T8-T9, there is moderate central disk protrusion or perhaps extrusion
with likely mild flattening of the spinal cord

At T10-T11, there is focal posterior spondylosis with likely mild to
moderate sided disk protrusion and perhaps some impression on the spinal
cord

At T11-T12, mild posterior disk osteophyte hypertrophy with mild canal
encroachment without gross spinal cord compression is suspected

No significant foramina encroachment noted

There is spinal cord stimulator with its leads entering the spinal canal
in the lumbar spine with two electrode wires, the tip terminating at
about the T8-T9


CERVICAL

DATE OF EXAM: Apr 15 2011 9:15AM

STC 0273 - CT CERVICAL SPINE WO CONTRAST / ACCESSION # 84870451

PROCEDURE REASON: THORACIC BACK PAIN
* * * * Physician Interpretation * * * *

RESULT:
HISTORY: Cervical and thoracic pain, patient has spinal cord stimulator

COMPARISON: None.

EXAMINATION: Spiral, high resolution axial images were obtained from the
skull base to the cervicothoracic junction with sagittal and coronal
planar reconstructions.

CT Dose-Length Product (DLP): 314 mGycm
CT Dose Reduction Employed: Yes
Radiation Shielding Employed: N/A

RESULTS:

Counting reference: Craniocervical junction.

Alignment: Alignment is anatomic.

Craniocervical junction: Craniocervical junction is normal.

Bone marrow signal/fracture: No evidence of a lytic or blastic process
in the visualized spine. No evidence of acute or chronic fracture.

Cervical soft tissues: The paraspinal soft tissues planes are
maintained.

Note made of left-sided wall up mastoidectomy

C2-C3: Canal and foramina are patent.

C3-C4: There is mild disk degeneration and left-sided disk osteophyte
hypertrophy , likely mild lateral thecal sac compression. Dominant left
facet joint hypertrophy. Minimal left foraminal encroachment

C4-C5: Mild posterior disk osteophyte hypertrophy ,bilateral facet joint
hypertrophy and mild right foramina encroachment and mild central spinal
canal encroachment

C5-C6: Mild posterior disk osteophyte hypertrophy with mild canal
encroachment to the left side and bilateral facet joint hypertrophy left
greater than right mild foraminal encroachment

C6-C7: Canal and foramina are patent.

C7-T1: Canal and foramina are patent.

IMPRESSION:

MILD CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS C3-C4 TO C5-C6

DIFFUSE FACET CANNOT BETTER SEEN

MILD CANAL ENCROACHMENT C4-C5 AND C5-C6

MILD FORAMINAL ENCROACHMENT AS ABOVE