Personally, I don't think I have minor bugling disks. I've been told by Dr.'s who've looked at my MRI's that it's bad.

When the first Dr. looked at the MRI of my neck at the hospital and asked me about it, my boyfriend told him I was in a very bad car accident he said, "That must've been *some* accident!"

Then the neurosurgeon came to my room to talk about it and he wanted me to meet with him after I was discharged to discuss getting surgery.

The disks are pinching nerves, etc. etc.

My PCP also recommended neck surgery.

I've had oodles of PT for this since I was released from the hopsital. It helped, but I still have occasional pain in my neck and shoulders and different parts of my arms, hands and fingers go very numb and I have spasms.

I don't want to have surgery, it freaks me out! But after reading that the neck can cause problems with the brain, I might consider it at some point in the next few years if I don't continue to improve.