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@dmg777
Did your wife have surgery on her cervical spine as a child? Does she have hardware in there now? Has she had recent MRI of her cervical spine and EMG/nerve conduction studies of upper and lower limbs? If the orthopedic spine specialist talked to me the way they did to your wife, I would be looking for a different, highly rated surgeon or two for 2nd and 3rd opinions.
How did a refrigerator fall on you and how long ago did this happen? Did you injure your cervical or lumbar spine? Where did you get hurt and did you fall with the weight of the refrigerator on you? Have you had MRIs with/without contrast and EMG/nerve conduction studies of upper/lower limbs and are you seeing a neurologist and orthopedic spine specialist? Did your gastroenterologist do an endoscopy and ultrasound/MRI or CT scan of your abdomen?
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Thank you for the reply,
Here are answers concerning my wife:
No surgery as a child. She only had a crack in the skull after the car hit her. No hardware in her spine. Her shoulder surgery has been damaged due to a fall after her dog tripped her about a year ago, so there is pain there also.
Yes, on MRI's. She corrected me that it was six vertebrae and not 3. She has also had some numbness at times.
No on EMG Nerve connection studies
Here are the answers concerning my back:
I had the fridge on a dolly with me pulling and two strong ladies pushing on the other end while going upstairs. Since they were pushing instead of lifting some, the fridge suddenly jumped a stair and fell on me. When I tried to get up with the fridge I heard a loud pop. I should have taken more time.
Happened about 2 years ago - pain when in bed is worse and about the same when up and walking around - pain when I step into a small hole - jar it. The injuries were to my lower spine. I am doing some aerobics with my wife and that does limber me up and help some.
I have had the MRI's and an XRAY. I have not had an EMG nerve connection study or seen a neurologist.
I have had no scan of my abdomen or seen a gastroenterologist - just tests by the DR and the colonoscopy. No one has looked at my abdomen. More recently I have developed some rib pain, and it hurts sleeping on my side. I thought I needed another MRI to see if something had changed but the orthopedic spine specialist wanted to go for the shots and not another MRI. I was not sure if I wanted to get into that cycle. This was a different spine doctor than the one my wife had. In my prime and in tip top shape my weight stayed steady at 165. Last night when I weighed it was 164 but not muscle weight which worried me.
Thank you for the information. It sounds like I need an actual gastroenterologist and a neurologist.
My wife may also need a check with a neurologist and maybe a shoulder replacement repair although shoulders are tricky. Another possibility is the MAO Clinic but that is about a day's drive from where we live so we would have to figure that out.
Dan