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11-28-2013, 12:51 AM | #11 | |||
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I'm extremely motivated, but unable to do, which leads to anger & frustration, which turn into depression. Somehow I've been able to fight/fend off/ignore the depression, though the anger and frustration remain. Awareness of the Kübler-Ross model applied to chronic illness and the Vicious Cycle of chronic pain and what-have-you have helped me considerably. I've learned how to channel the anger in positive ways; the frustration however endures and seethes... Doc
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12-18-2013, 05:31 AM | #12 | ||
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12-18-2013, 07:07 PM | #13 | ||
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12-18-2013, 07:08 PM | #14 | ||
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12-18-2013, 07:22 PM | #15 | ||
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Welcome to Neuro Talk. Yes this does sound like what many of us have had to go through. You found a good site for information. I am in no way a professional. Over the last years I have learned a bit on the general language to tip a person off on just what is going on. When an issue says mild, or moderate, that is usually not an issue for surgery. However anything that says severe, and "nerve impingement" on the exiting C4-5 nerves, That is an issue. No matter what your neurologist wants to do, make sure you get another opinion. This really is important, to have two fields of medicine on the same page for your options. All conservative treatment should be tried first. Surgery is always a last resort.
I have had two cervical fusions, currently at C3-7. None of the spinal issues are fun to go through. I came here for the same reason as you. The folks here got me through my last surgery with a better attitude. Will be here to listen any time. I wish you all the best in what ever you chose to do. Hope your doctors treat you well. ginnie |
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12-18-2013, 10:07 PM | #16 | |||
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his hand, some sort of tool (activator) or something else? you can look up chiro adjustments on your tube and you may see what it was that he used... I'm just curious about that part, it shouldn't matter what it was.. whatever did happen, should be able to be reversed.. I wonder if you seek out a very highly skilled DC or two, and request an evaluation only, take your MRI report with you, and tell what happened and ask if the increased pain can be returned to where it was before the other chiro adjustment was done.. But i know it is scary to consider letting another do any adjusting..so I do suggest talking with & interviewing quite a few to find the best and one you feel is trust worthy.. They should require fresh or very recent imaging or x rays I would think..to maybe see what is going on now as opposed to the time of MRI - unless it was very recent.. and was MRI before or after that chiro adjustment? Have you done web searches to learn more about these terms used in your MRI? Broad-based disc osteophyte complex, uncinate hypertrophy, and facet degeneration resulting in mild spinal stenosis, severe right foraminal stenosis, and mild-to-moderate left foraminal stenosis. Likely impinging on the right C6 nerve.
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12-23-2013, 04:03 PM | #18 | ||
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A foramen (meaning "window") is an opening that allows a nerve root from your spinal cord to pass through. At each level of your spine, you have two foramina -- one on each side -- that permit the nerves from that particular level to emerge from the spinal canal and travel to whatever structures they supply. The uncinate process is a hook-shaped bony lump that protrudes upward from each side of the upper surface of the vertebrae in your neck. The uncinate process normally forms one edge of a foramen; when the uncinate process becomes hypertrophic (enlarged) -- usually due to arthritis -- it narrows the foramen, thereby providing less room for the nerve root to pass through. In some cases, uncinate hypertrophy can cause pinching of the nearby nerve root. In short, then, "foraminal stenosis from uncinate process hypertrophy" means the opening for one of the nerve roots in your neck is being crowded by an enlarged bony projection (a bone spur, if you will). https://www.healthtap.com/user_quest...hy-on-the-left |
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