My name is Tracy and I am obviously new to these forums. Stumbled in after looking for answers after a recent MRI and chronic problems with pain and weakness from both centralized and radicular symptoms. Glad you are here and I'll dig right in.

Background. For 2 years now, my GP insisted my problem was fibromyalgia. I will concede to perhaps that MAY be a problem, but through insistence and persistence, finally got an MRI of C-spine, T-spine, and L-spine confirming what I already knew...THERE ARE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS!!! Sorry about the yelling, but 2 years? Meanwhile I continue to spiral downhill regarding my musculoskeletal health as well as my mental health being only 51 and being unable to function the way I think I should. I have not worked in 2 years. My last employment was that of a medical transcriber, but CTS and back and neck problems forced me to stop working...Oh woe is me.

I hope to meet some people with similar experience.

Tracy,

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Happy to see you have come, let us know if we can be of any help. Feel free to jump in any where. There are great number of fellow members here to assist as possible. Check into the founding forum there are a great number of fellow members there to assist you.

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum12.html

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Darlene

Hi, Tracy. Do you have a diagnosis yet? You know there are structural defects, but is there a treatment plan?

I hate it when they don't come up with a diagnosis. I understand your yelling because I recently yelled at my GP, reminding him that when he 1st told me my problems were age I wasn't so old (55). I know there is something wrong with me, but he's never gotten around to figuring out what.

Check out the Spinal Forum. If you have trouble finding it, I'll post a link to it here.

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