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Cervical myelopathy and cognitive dysfunction
Spine Health | Last Active: Jun 2 11:36pm | Replies (22)Comment receiving replies
@ray666 Thank you for sharing. I started my analysis in 2020, did not have surgery or PT but initiated - walking, stretching, yoga, deep-tissue massage, acupuncture on my own. Things improved significantly, but I still had intermittent loss of balance. Then my legs weakened and I had pain at night in my neck. When seeing a non-invasion physician she directed me to the neurosurgeon for surgery due to the image of my C5-C6. They both addressed the need for surgery "necessary to protect you from paralysis or worse if you fall or are in an accident." I agree with you - serius approach to self-help and manipulations of associated muscles may be better, while it lasts, then surgery, when in my case, I was not in significant pain.
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I find it interesting, @michc56, our varying experiences with neurosurgery. When I told friends I as going to see a neurosurgeon, their reaction was typical: "Watch out, Ray. He's a surgeon. You'll be talked into surgery." And yet my experience with the neurosurgeon proved quite the opposite. He mentioned things like falls and paralysis, but something in how he was telling me these things made his delivery seem rather pro forma. What didn't come across as pro forma was his saying the spinal encrochment was "borderline," and that he was reluctant to suggest there might be any urgency when he, privately, didn't believe there was urgency. What enabled me to decide on not having surgery was the neurosurgeon's saying, with considerable emphasis, that I might elect to have the surgery, only to discover post-op that my balance hadn't been impacted one jot. Interesting business, isn't it, trying to life a full and fulfilling life, with a woozy balance? Keeps us on our toes, doesn't it (pun unintended)? Best wishes, Ray (@ray666)