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Hello @jaydeeem32,
It is important to keep the community guidelines in mind when asking other members to potentially share private medical information. It is also important to remember that Mayo Clinic Connect is a public space so we encourage our members to protect their private data and healthcare information as much as possible.
A direct comparison can sometimes be difficult because the same diagnosis for two people does not always mean the same symptoms or treatment options based on many circumstances and personal health situations.
@jaydeeem32, when you say you are functionally deficient, does this mean you do not qualify for needing surgery?
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Understood, I meant no harm obviously, but I’ll keep that in mind, thank you for telling me.
And by functionally deficient, I mean, everybody is telling me there is nothing to operate on, but I have a compression ratio of .4, and in some axial slices of my cervical, there’s no CSF around half the cord.
It’s terrifying because I’m losing motor control in my body and nobody can tell me why, no matter how many doctors I’ve seen, so now I can only rely on other people’s experiences because I’m now at a loss.