My gosh Deb -- you have to go 45min away for an MRI? Jeez. I thought *I* was out in the sticks. LOL The hospital I go to has one of those "trailer" jobs that brings the MRI to the hospital every weekend. And this hospital is about 9 miles away, so i don't have to go very far. Yet I'm out in the sticks! LOL

I hope to heck the pain doc calls today! I HATE waiting for doctors to call, cause half the time they never do! And you sit and wait, wait, wait....

From the sounds of things, I don't think the cord is compressed THAT bad, or you would have much WORSE symptoms than you do -- but any compression is bad. Perhaps it's just impinged, which would be better. You'd still have symptoms, like the tingling and some pain. But it's not as bad as compression.

I'll keep my prayers going -- and PLEASE let us know what happens, okay? God bless you Deb, and I'll keep watching for an update. Hugs, Lee