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Cervical C5-6 Nerve

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What you describe as symptoms and what your MRI supports is that you seem to have cervical spondylotic myelopathy which is spinal cord compression injury. You may need to consider cervical spine surgery to relieve pressure from your spinal cord and nerve roots.

I am a 55 year old female and had ACDF surgery on C5-C6 because I was finally diagnosed with myelopathy after seeing multiple doctors for a variety of symptoms (told I had congenital spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease and I had bone spurs). My symptoms included daily headaches, tinnitus, hearing loss, neck/shoulder pain, swallowing/speaking problems, weakness in arms/hands (dropped things and handwriting worsened), bladder control issues and difficulty walking (felt like I was wearing heavy cement boots). I had to fire a couple doctors that ignored my symptoms and offered no treatment or made me feel like I was a hypochondriac.

After my cervical spine surgery, many of my symptoms improved but I do have some residual symptoms due to delayed diagnosis and treatment. Spinal cord flattening can cause permanent damage so it is important you get a really good orthopedic spine specialist and surgeon to properly diagnose and treat you.

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@dlydailyhope I have had a diagnosis of myelopathy for years. The posts by you and by @jenniferhunter about not waiting too long for surgery due to the potential for permanent damage, are concerning. @dstone501957 apologies for inserting myself here but I am at kind of a crossroads as well.

@dlydailyhope do you believe your tinnitus and hearing loss are related to your neck? My neuro keeps making that connection and I have been skeptical. Along with the usual neck symptoms (migration of pain to shoulder, headache, dizziness and so on) I have had a big increase in tinnitus, hyperacusis with facial pain and numbness. Could these really be from my neck? (I am selling a recently purchased condo because noise is making me ill.)