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Thank you for responding, I appreciate any wisdom and recommended things that could possibly help. I fell down concrete stairs over my 100 pound shepherd, I believe that’s where I got the fracture. I do have the reports from my orthopedic, he said it was healing and bed rest would help. The Dr.s have never put two and two together though I have always suspected that’s is how I suddenly was struck by this neuropathy . Thank you for your suggestions. I will give the magnesium and lotion a shot. I will look into the alpha lipoic acid.
Thank you so much, I appreciate your time.
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Definitely see an orthopedic spine specialist and get an updated MRI of your spine, both cervical and lumbar. When you fell, you could have done something to your neck.
The “healing” of your L2 vertebrae bone is one thing but doesn’t touch the neurological issues you are having. The orthopedic spine specialist will look closely at MRI results to see how all bones align as well as any pinched nerve roots/nerves and if any part of your spinal cord is flattened/compressed and causing your symptoms.
How long ago did you fall? How old is your last MRI? They will usually do updated MRIs if older than 6 months and you are having symptoms.
Definitely advocate for yourself and don’t let doctors dismiss you or your symptoms. Women need to fight harder to be taken seriously in the medical world. I have fired doctors for thinking I am a hypochondriac when in actuality I had a spinal cord injury at my cervical neck level and causing many of my symptoms. As I type, I am sitting in the parking lot of my orthopedic spine specialist office to review results of my new MRI from yesterday on my cervical spine. I am having a host of new/returning myelopathy symptoms and the MRI shows I have a herniated disc at C6-C7 now that is bulging into my spinal canal and pressing on my spinal cord making it hard to walk, causing numb hands/weak arms, neck pain, etc. Surgery will be in my near future again (just had my lumbar spine surgery in August 2024 and still recovering. I already have a decompression and fusion of C5-C6 and will add more hardware at the level below. Lucky me was born with a congenitally narrow spinal canal which is going to be a problem for me the rest of my life due to degenerative disc disease. I am 55 and female and a single parent of a teen son. Not the life I expected but here I am. I take one day at a time with God and appreciate the small things.