Guest guest Posted May 22, 2005 Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 Just wanted to update you on my leg pains. I got the results from my MRI...nothing but a slight bulge in the L5. I then went to see a neurologist and again nothing to wrong that would cause such pain. Monday I have an EMG to see if the pain is comming from the nerves. The good news is I'm in perfect health so far except for the leukemia. The bad news is I still don't know what's causing the Pain. I'm not complaining cause I'm still kicking lol. I somehow feel it's in the muscles because of one of the meds. I could be wrong. I still have muscle cramps because of the Gleevec but not as bad. Well I'll post again when I find out what's,what. I am also having a fish test, as much as I hate bmb's, I think they're more infomative. , I know how you feel about getting to know everyone on our support group. When I first started in 1999,Dane was one of the first persons I got to know, then a wonderful lady in Indiana. She passed shortly after, and others since. You do get attached to everyone because they are family, and it is sad when we lose a special one. Health to All Eagledove605 (Kay) dx98 Gleevec 5-01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2005 Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 At 02:46 AM 5/22/05 +0000, you wrote: > Just wanted to update you on my leg pains. >I got the results from my MRI...nothing but a slight >bulge in the L5. I then went to see a neurologist and again >nothing to wrong that would cause such pain. Monday I have an >EMG to see if the pain is comming from the nerves. > The good news is I'm in perfect health so far except for the >leukemia. The bad news is I still don't know what's causing >the Pain. Hi Kay, As a (recently retired) physical therapist who worked for years with various age college students with leg pains.......I would say that you don't have to have a large bulge on an MRI for it to be causing a problem. What they are looking for is something to surgically correct......... Once the workup is done. I would suggest that you ask for a referral to PT and see if that is helpful.....not treatments for pain relief but to look at your posture, movement patterns, etc......show you some appropriate stretches, etc. This might really be helpful. You might call around and try to find someone who is McKenzie trained, which is specifically for disc types of back problems and see if that helps. Or someone who is a manual physical therapist....in and orthopedic PT dept. C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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