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Has anyone dealt successfully with Cervical stenosis without surgery?
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@annie1 I feel so blessed to have been introduced to Dr Jian Shen through my pain management doctor. There are so few endoscopic spine surgeons; the training is way above and beyond traditional Neuro-surgery. I think we will see more doctors with this specialty in the future. I feel pretty good since my cervical spine surgery in September 2025. I have intermittent neck pain, usually in the morning but it subsides without any intervention. To put this in perspective, by the time I had surgery my headaches were intense, 24/7 causing nausea and vomiting. I had minimal range of motion. Now, almost 5 months later I turn my head with ease and the pain I do have is manageable. I also
continue occupational therapy and follow the home program daily. I wish you well with your journey, however you choose to proceed. Keep us posted.
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That's great to hear. Unfortunately I can't afford to go to Dr Shen they don't take Medicare and out of pocket it would be something like $25,000. I don't have severe symptoms at all. Two surgeons saw my cervical MRI and said it looked very bad and that I needed surgery to keep it from progressing. So I don't have any headaches loss of control of my hands any of the other major symptoms of spinal cord compression I'm having a little bit of pain in one hand. But just a little bit. So I'm not sure if I should really pay attention to what this surgeon is telling me to go ahead and get cervical fusion in about five vertebrae stretching from C2 down to my thoracic spine. I don't know if there's any other surgeons that do endoscopic surgery but there are some that do minimally invasive. Is that the same? I have to get more opinions obviously I don't want to have cervical fusion unless I'm having severe symptoms. Do you live in the New York area?