Hi Jennifer,

I appreciate your response to my neck pain issue! You are wonderful to share your experience to try to help me.

I have seen a spinal surgeon, 2 years ago when I had the neck pain on the right side. He said I was a long way from needing any surgery. Then the pain disappeared. The recent MRI has not shown much change, but I do have multiple spinal issues. The headaches, thankfully, have subsided since I wrote that post a month ago. I still have some neck pain, but it’s not as bad as it was and I’m not having those head pains. I realize these could all return with a vengeance at any time, but I am hoping I have some time before I need surgery.

The main thing I have is narrowing of the facet joints I’m the cervical spine. This, along with arthritis and bone spurs is what is causing the pain.

I am scheduled to have some facet joint injections on Jan. 17th if I don’t chicken out before then and cancel. The doctor says she can only inject 1-2 ccs of medicine in those joints because they are so small in the cervical spine. It may work for a while, it may not help, and I realize it could potentially make things worse, thus my reluctance to start down this road. I decided to try it and see what happens.

Thank you for your input, I do appreciate it.