Guest guest Posted August 30, 2003 Report Share Posted August 30, 2003 -----Original Message----- From: Got my results back and CT Scan showed my 5th lumbar verb. is slid. That would explain the back pain. : Coincidently I got the results of a recent MRI today for low right back pain that I had always assumed was hip/osteopenia related but lo and behold it just contains myriad sites of bulging, dessication, and you name in all through the lumbar region with narrowing (stenosis of the spina canal) and nerve impingement at more than one site). First thing my good arthritis doc said was " neurosurgeon " and next thing I said was " over my dead body and I will have to be unable to roll off the guerney first. " So the MRI in my case, apparently was an eye opener for things that existed that I had not clue about. Have spent the afternoon doing some reading, etc, and the Dr and I decided to do an epidural as a first step. I decided to do that rather than opt for taking hugh amounts of pain medication and anti-inflamatories to stay mobile. I note your concern about origin of things like this in the Lumbar and can only say that from what I have initially read, weight is one factor among many including age factor which seems to be about right on the money for me. One site was saying that it tended to arise in the 5th decade (which I am shortly about to leave) and the average age was about 58 or 59 when it arose. I will be 59 in November. You might want to consider the MRI as it does provide such detail for the good medicos to base a specific evaluation on. I am glad I had mine, but still trying to soak in the report. Dan Slone Surgery 5/2/2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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