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Old 06-20-2011, 12:33 PM #1
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Well, the doctor told me today that I probably do not have MS...YAY!! The brain scan and nerve tests both came back normal. But I still have a lot of the symptoms....hmmmmm.

The bad news is that I have to have surgery on my spine. They will be removing the disk located at T7-T8 because it is ruptured and damaging my spinal cord. Yikes! What's worse is they may have to break 1 or 2 of my ribs in the process.
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Don't give up on a MS DX quite yet. Since you still have symptoms, it could pop it's ugly head up on a future MRI or in clinical tests.

I'll pray for your back operation to be successful and perhaps even solve your other MSy symptoms. Wouldn't that be nice?
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good thing is broken bones heal and just become a bad memory.

I hope the surgery mends everything and the thought of having MS is also a bad memory rather than a reality.
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I hope the broken bones are what's causing your symptoms. Hopefully the back surgery will correct all the problems. It sounds like you'll have a lengthy recovery period - with the broken ribs and all - but I hope afterwards you're feeling much better. Please let us know how you're doing.
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I hope the broken bones are what's causing your symptoms. Hopefully the back surgery will correct all the problems. It sounds like you'll have a lengthy recovery period - with the broken ribs and all - but I hope afterwards you're feeling much better. Please let us know how you're doing.
Heh, nothing is broken yet Kitty. They may have to break 1-2 ribs in the process of removing and replacing a ruptured disk.

Thank you all for your support, prayers and well wishes.
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Heh, nothing is broken yet Kitty. They may have to break 1-2 ribs in the process of removing and replacing a ruptured disk.

Thank you all for your support, prayers and well wishes.
Oops! I guess I thought the ruptured discs were in the same category as broken bones. It all sounds painful! I hope you have a speedy recovery. Stay in touch with us here.....we'll be interested in how you're doing whether you have MS or not! We're an equal opportunity disease forum!
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