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Sorry to hear you are suffering and experiencing less than stellar doctor diagnosis and treatment. I have experienced the same. Many doctors don’t go deep enough or bother to refer you to other specialists to investigate the root cause of symptoms.
I fired one of my primary care physicians because she kept treating me as a hypochondriac. This was when I had a long list of symptoms. Ended up having a spinal cord compression injury in my cervical spine (degenerative cervical myelopathy). It took me seeing my 4th surgeon to finally diagnose me properly. He recommended surgery as soon as possible to stop further progression and permanent injury.
I have had 2 cervical spine (c5-c6 and c6-c7) and 1 lumbar spine (l3-l5) surgery (2022, 2024 and 2025). If you have any questions, let me know. I have quite a bit of experience as a spine patient with spinal cord/nerve root compression injury and symptoms/treatments.
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Thanks, How did they figure it out?
Thank you for your candid comments on what you have been going through. My experience has been similar to yours except that I have had hardware put in C2-C3 and after having gone through nearly 2 years of rehab, stemcell injections and numerous Physical Therapy sessions with no improvement in pain levels. I have stopped taking harsh medications and occasionally take Tylenol PM to help relieve the pain to be able to sleep. I would like to hear more about the outcomes you have received at Mayo!
Thank you,
Raymond
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P.S. I am in my mid 50s, female and born with a congenitally narrow spinal canal which makes any degeneration a problem for me. I have been diagnosed with spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, cervical degenerative myelopathy, neurogenic claudication, small fiber neuropathy, etc. which has contributed pain, weakness and numbness symptoms.