Hello, everyone! It's been a while since I last posted. I'm the fellow whose been diagnosed with cerebral stenosis and whose chief complaint (almost only complaint) is ever-worsening stability while walking (without any pain). Since I last posted I've been all that I could to educate myself, and then, only this past Wednesday, I had my first meeting with a neurosurgeon. He and I went very carefully over my various MRIs and X-rays. Although I've varying degrees of arthritis up and down my cervical spine, the "oddity" needing the most immediate attention (the surgeon's opinion) is some encroachment by one of my vertebrae and its above-and-below disks on my cerebrospinal canal (very visible, even to a layman like me). Where things stand at the moment: I'll be getting a set of neck flexion X-rays and a thoracic MRI next week, then meeting again with the surgeon on 9/8. If all systems are "Go" after that meeting, I'll likely have some anterior surgery before year's end. The surgeon called my situation "borderline," and therefore a short wait shouldn't worsen my condition. Cheers to you all! ––Ray

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