Jennifer,

I haven't had whiplash. This has been an issue that's progressing over 4+ years specifically in my neck. I've had lower back pain for years since my children but especially since my twins about 12 years ago. Going into my original consult, I did tell them that I have pain in my neck and lower back but my pain being the worst in my neck. Knowing that I have these cysts, this now makes me want to push for imaging of my full spine. I'm at the very beginning of this - 4 years ago I only had an xray and they recommended physical therapy and chiropractic care. I did that. None of that helped much at all, only temporary relief. So I decided to stop and push my GP to refer me to a spine doctor. I saw them for an initial consult in October which they wanted me to get the neck MRI'd first, that just happened on Monday. The previous xray from Jan 2021 only showed "mild arthritis" in my neck, no other testing etc was done at that time or since until this MRI.