Please read my post called whiplash and other posts where I discuss trauma to back causing a long lasting PN flare. I have read all your threads and I remember that you posted a neurosurgeon had reviewed all your MRI's and checked your spine too and did not see any spinal problems that may have caused the PN. Though the discitis seemed to be quite likely. Do you have absolute proof of this compression?? There is a difference in language used. Such as abutting cord, indenting cord, flattening cord,touching cord, compressing cord. They can mean different things or even overlap.