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Old 06-11-2010, 09:45 PM #1
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Default Spine problems

Hello everyone I hope someone can help. Fist thing first, sorry that this is so long and the spelling.

I have had 3 lower back surgeries and the last one was done in 95. However, I started to get some symtoms about 3 years ago. Chest pains (like a heart attack), numbness in arms and hands and sever headaches and also with increase numbness in legs and feet. I also have sever weakness in my legs with numbness in my groin area.

Had a MRI done from head to toe and this is what they found: I will just give you the findings report not the whole MRI.

Cervical Impression: Mild to moderat degenerative disk and facet joint changes at multiple levels.

Small central disk protrusion at C2-C3, with minimal flattening of midline ventral aspect of the thecal sac.

Small to moderate central disk protrusion or subligamentous disk herniation at C3-C4, although the effect on the thecal sac is minimal.

Mild diffuse disk bulges at C4-C5, C5-C6, and C6-C7 remain evident

Mild narrowing of the bilateral C3-C4, C4-C5, and C6-C7 neural foramina and mild narrowing of the left neural foramen at C5-C6.

Thoracic Impressions:
Multilevel degenerative changes. There is a signifivant disk herniation at T7-T8 which results in focal mass effect and deformation of the thoracic spinal cord. There is associated thin linear T2 signal abnormality within the central aspect of the spinal cord caudal to this at T8 vertebral body level which is supicious for a small focal syrinx.

Multifocal disk hernations within the upper thoracic spinal cord described in deatail above, with multiple levels of possible mass effect on exiting forminal nerve roots.

Lumbar Impression:
Decompression laminotomy change at L4 to S1.

Congenitally small spinal canal; and as a result, when there are abnormalities of posterior disk protrusion, along with hypertrophic degenerative change of posterior elements, the significance of these changes are increased because of the congenitally small canal. I am most concern about possible compression of bilateral nerve roots at L2-L3 from central canal stenosis, but there is also some central canal stenosis at L1-L2 and L3-L4 that could possibly affect nerves. There are midline disk protrusions at L4-L5 and L5-S1 that may not affect the exiting nerves in the central canal, and there is some multilevel neural foraminal narrowing from disl material discussed in the body of the report at each level.

I'm sorry this is so long. I'm 42 was very active riding my bike However right now nothing since eveything hurts. The longer I sit are stand all symtoms from above get worst. I went to a neurosurgen and he said symtoms where in my head.

Please help.
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