Hi Everyone,

I am a 29 year old female who has been struggling with constant pain in the cervical and thoracic region for 7+ years. It has been slowly, but steadily, getting worse. I can't sleep a full night sleep without waking up in pain, and I am in pain when sitting.

I've been to two chiropractors in the past who showed me that I have a small S curve and said they can correct it, one orthopedic doctor in the past who basically said lots of females have pain in the neck and back and that he doubts my pain is really an 8 out of 20, and am currently seeing a pain md.

Pain doc ordered MRI of c spine and thoracic. Had them done on Monday. Doc said he doubts he will see anything on there, but will order me one for piece of mind. Went earlier this week for follow up appt and he said I have a small bulge at c4 and c5. He advised me to go to physical therapy and wrote me scripts for lidoderm patches, tramadol, skelexin, and piroxicam. Seemed very rushed.

The thing is, none of these things are bringing down my pain much. Today I was looking at the CD with my mri and it looks like there is less space between two of the spinous processes and it's also causing a bulge. Obviously, I'm not a Dr. so it might be perfectly normal. Doc didn't bring it up, but the pic he showed me when telling me I had 2 bulging discs was not this specific one and this area was blurry. Could this be causing my severe pain? Thanks!

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