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Cervical nerve impingement increasing drammatically

Spine Health | Last Active: Aug 26, 2023 | Replies (24)
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@sb4ca

There are some serious pathologies evident in the MRI. I wanted to comment on going to emergency. I did that last year and they only did an x-ray and wrote in my chart something about being on chronic pain meds (I had had 2 cervical fusions already that year). I informed my spinal surgeon who saw the x-ray and ordered a new MRI and discovered my C3 had slipped behind C4 and had created serious narrowing of the spinal canal. So off to surgery I went again. If I had gotten in an accident, I was told I'd be paralyzed and this is one thing that needs to be ruled out for you. How old is the MRI?
I had just previously had a CT scan that was normal. Oh how I wished to tell that ER doc that he was wrong URGH! If you go to the ER, please bring a copy of your MRI report (unless it was done at the facility). If the doctor you're now with doesn't feel you need a new MRI or surgery, don't walk but run away from them. You need a new one. pronto

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AlfredB | @ab6540183 | Aug 3, 2023

Hi sb4ca,

thank you for your input.

My cervical/thoracic MRI is from 05/27/2023, therefore recent.

I have asked for another cervical MRI. I will be doing this next Tuesday to see if there are any changes.

I am sorry you had to go through all the hell with your fusion.

I personally do not want fusion, I don't want metal hardware in the neck due to loss of flexibility and also due to Adjacent Segment Disease after several years of having the fusion. Many people complain about new issues with the vertebrae above and below the fused segment. Some may need to re-operate. I also read that, as the body gets older, the spine bone density diminishes and for some people the screws may get dislodged.

I am thinking of having my discs repaired with laser disc decompression which is keyhole surgery which is minimally invasive. We don't have this type of surgery here in AUS as yet therefore I would have to look at neurosurgeons in the US that perform this type of surgery.

Alfred

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