Guest guest Posted July 28, 1999 Report Share Posted July 28, 1999 At 04:02 PM 7/28/1999 EDT, you wrote: > had my nsg appt monday - dr told me chiari is NOT degenerative... It can definitely get worse if left untreated, and often does. > i thought that your herniation >progresses (worsens) with time. so if you start out a 5mm, then eventually >it gets to 10 , 15 etc.... but then someone explained that no, if your a >5 your always a 5. Neither answer sounds right to me. The degree of herniation can change, but it's not likely to lengthen in any significant pattern. Actually, if there is a pattern, it's that the herniation generally decreases with age. Nothing monumental, but if you live for a couple of hundred years, it may go away altogether :-) Keep in mind that all this is mostly trivial. The degree of herniation is *not* indicative of the degree of symptoms. ronny World ACM Association http://www.pressenter.com/~wacma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 1999 Report Share Posted July 28, 1999 wrote: original article:/group/chiari/?start=21040 > had my nsg appt monday - dr told me chiari is NOT degenerative.... is there > alot of disagreement on this? ive read online here that it is.... Hmmmmmmm. How do doctors define " degenerative? " Rick is getting progressively worse.........so his he degenerating (?) or are his symptoms progressing? It's all a bunch of gobble-dy-gook to me. I will tell you what I KNOW. Chiari can get continually worse with or without surgery. They tell you to be careful, don't fall, watch out for accidents, etc. Yet your knees go weak and drop you to the floor for no reason. From what I've seen with Rick the falls aren't causing his chiari to get worse.......the chiari is causing him to fall. I try to give all doctors the benefit of the doubt. After all, there really isin't alot known about Chiari and it's long-term affects. And I see many that are really striving for breakthroughs. HOWEVER, it really ticks me off when a doctor states so matter-of-factly that Chiari doesn't cause these symptoms, chiari doesn't do this, chiari doesn't affect that. THEY DON'T KNOW. Why can't they just say so? :-) Yep, blew off a little stem there. All better now. Wendi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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