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MRI Shows Mild Spinal Stenosis - anyone here dealing with this?
Posted on 9/24/18 at 12:34 pm
Posted on 9/24/18 at 12:34 pm
Just got my MRI results. I have my follow up with the ortho in 2 weeks.
MRI shows mild central stenosis from C3-4 to C5-6 due to disc abnormalities and congenital short pedicles. Also, a 3mm disc protrusion at C3-4.
Anyone on the OT dealing with this? Any advice or recommendations would be much appreciated. I'm 39.
MRI shows mild central stenosis from C3-4 to C5-6 due to disc abnormalities and congenital short pedicles. Also, a 3mm disc protrusion at C3-4.
Anyone on the OT dealing with this? Any advice or recommendations would be much appreciated. I'm 39.
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Posted on 9/24/18 at 12:36 pm to RLDSC FAN
paging Uncle Stu
Posted on 9/24/18 at 12:36 pm to RLDSC FAN
Please do yourself a favor and don’t get started on opiate painkillers; it’ll be the worst decision you’ll ever make, and I know from experience.
Also, don’t let your doctor talk you into having surgery. I know at least 4 people that have had back surgery and every one of them is worse off than they were before.
Also, don’t let your doctor talk you into having surgery. I know at least 4 people that have had back surgery and every one of them is worse off than they were before.
Posted on 9/24/18 at 12:36 pm to RLDSC FAN
My cousin has something like this called fibromyalgia. Luckily his workman’s comp paid out so he didn’t have to sell his boat or anything
Posted on 9/24/18 at 12:37 pm to el Gaucho
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fibromyalgia
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he didn’t have to sell his boat or anything
Hahahahaha!!
Glad he can milk the system and still be able to go out on his boat!
Well played!
This post was edited on 9/24/18 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 9/24/18 at 12:38 pm to Corkfather
Thanks for your reply. My concern is the arm weakness and headaches I'm dealing with.
Posted on 9/24/18 at 12:38 pm to RLDSC FAN
Yes, have had it since 1970 after aircraft crash into water, compression fracture. Chiropractor daily 2 mi walking kept me off the operating table, though went through many years of discomfort. Currently pain free and have been about 7 yrs. Good Luck 
This post was edited on 9/24/18 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 9/24/18 at 12:39 pm to RLDSC FAN
You and Cooper Manning have something in common. Of course, the difference was that he was an athletic wunderkind, far better than his brothers, cut down before his prime by it. And you're you.
Posted on 9/24/18 at 12:40 pm to RLDSC FAN
Posted on 9/24/18 at 12:41 pm to RLDSC FAN
Raises Hand - I've had a L-4/5 disk issue for years
Last MRI showed stenosis
Mine causes left leg pain if I stand a while on a hard floor or walk long distances, been fighting it for 20+ years.
I've had surgery, shots, pills etc etc etc
Last MRI showed stenosis
Mine causes left leg pain if I stand a while on a hard floor or walk long distances, been fighting it for 20+ years.
I've had surgery, shots, pills etc etc etc
Posted on 9/24/18 at 12:41 pm to Corkfather
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Please do yourself a favor and don’t get started on opiate painkillers;
For my cousin that’s the only thing that helps with the pain. If he doesn’t get his fibromyalgia medicine he can’t hardly get out of the bed and his pain is so bad that he is nauseous and vomits all day
Posted on 9/24/18 at 12:42 pm to Mulat
Was the stenosis in your neck or lumbar? My doc told me not to do any chiropractic work on the neck.
Posted on 9/24/18 at 12:45 pm to RLDSC FAN
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My concern is the arm weakness and headaches I'm dealing with.
Same thing happens to me when I bate too much.
Posted on 9/24/18 at 12:48 pm to RLDSC FAN
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Thanks for your reply. My concern is the arm weakness and headaches I'm dealing with.
Not sure about the headaches but the arm weakness is likely a neurological issue, which won’t be helped with opiates.
Have you talked to your doctor about Gabapentin?
Posted on 9/24/18 at 12:51 pm to el Gaucho
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For my cousin that’s the only thing that helps with the pain. If he doesn’t get his fibromyalgia medicine he can’t hardly get out of the bed and his pain is so bad that he is nauseous and vomits all day
There are definitely people who need opiates, but from the pain the OP is describing, opiates wouldn’t help.
Posted on 9/24/18 at 12:51 pm to Corkfather
No, like I said I don't see him again for a couple weeks.
Posted on 9/24/18 at 12:53 pm to RLDSC FAN
Mention Gabapentin next time you see him and get his opinion. I think it would work well for you. I have severe nerve damage from when I got shot and Gabapentin was the only thing that worked.
Posted on 9/24/18 at 12:55 pm to RLDSC FAN
Lumbar, yeah I can see where i would not do that for neck. It was like 68 visits over a couple months with no immediate relief, I know how painful that is. At one point I could only lay down or stand, no sitting at all was possible, including when eating.
Good Luck
Good Luck
This post was edited on 9/24/18 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 9/24/18 at 12:58 pm to RLDSC FAN
My MIL had it in her lower back, along with bad discs. In 1999 they did surgery, spinal fusion with cages in place of the discs, along with spinal stenosis.
She suffers to this day, and has an implanted tens unit. It's the only relief from the pain, for her.
She suffers to this day, and has an implanted tens unit. It's the only relief from the pain, for her.
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