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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

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