Re: Need to vent or cry

January 5, 2008

Pat, you have already helped me tremendously, and I wish I could help

you with your challenges. I'm pretty much a newbie too.

I know you'll get the full experience of the group.

Please keep asking. Anyone who can help... will!

I'll keep you in my thoughts.

Jeri (Wisconsin)

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> Hello everyone,

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> You have all been so friendly and uplifting thru your post and I'm

so glad that I joined this wonderful group. When I joined last week

(read " New to group and need advice - 12-30) several wrote me with

tips and ideas and encouragement that my spirits were really up when

I went to see a new doctor yesterday. Because WC won't approve

anything for my lumbar area (where I'm fused) he couldn't look at the

mri's that cover that section. I had gone to him in hope he could at

least fix my neck first, as it is effecting my breathing and

swallowing. He is a micro-surgeon. He said I don't need any surgery

and thinks maybe I have a soft tissue problem and that I need to go

see a rheumatologist. He did show me where my back is curving into a

C shape configuration from the top of my fusion to my neck and that

my neck has reverse curvature. I left his office totally confused

and wondering where I go now. I do have an appointment next week to

get a bone density test to check for osteoporosis, but I doubt I have

that because as often as I fall and I have fallen hard numerous times

over the past 7 years, that I haven't broke or cracked any bones. I

have a few questions maybe someone can answer. When I got my last

mri's in Oct, they didn't take any with contrast. Doesn't the

contrast help show the nerves? Also is it really necessary to have a

mylogram to see if any nerves are being compressed? I'm scared to

death of mylograms, as that is what caused my Arachnoiditis. Will

any of the revision surgeons do a second opinion if I sent my records

and films?

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> I posted a few pictures in the Photo section, in an album

called " Pat's curved spine " .

> Thanks for all the support.

> Pat E from Texas

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