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Anyone have pressure in your neck back and front or lower back of head
Spine Health | Last Active: Sep 11, 2023 | Replies (18)Comment receiving replies
@rnlorena I can understand your position of not wanting surgery, and there has to be enough benefit in taking on the risks associated with surgery. Seeing your family members experiences with spine surgery also gives you a perspective that I didn't have when I became a spine patient. My spine problem was caused by a traffic accident from a reckless driver many years earlier. I wanted to think I would be OK, and I was for a lot of years until I wasn't because of adding the years of an aging spine after an injury like that. I looked at my disabled parents who were wheelchair bound and I didn't want that in my future if I could help it. I knew that I would be disabled and was already loosing the coordination in my arms which was troubling since I am an artist. That made surgery an easier choice.
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@jenniferhunter I am not opposed to surgery. I would just like some answers to what is going on. Instead of seeing a neurologist I saw an ARNP. Under the impression it stated there was no definite abnormal cord signal. So based on that I should not be worried according to her. I am not by any means finished with that. Under the impression they put History: Pressure, head pressure and headaches. I don't know where they got headaches from. I don't get those. I have lost some of my trust in Doctors based on what I have been seeing and hearing lately. I am gonna talk to my new Dr. and see about getting a referral. My main thought is this. If I have severe stenosis do I have to wait for something to happen? Impression from my MRI: 1. Posterior disc bulge at C6-7 slightly flattens the ventral cord with moderate canal stenosis. There is severe bilateral foraminal stenosis. 2. Posterior disc bulge at C 5-6 slightly flattens the ventral cord with mild central canal stenosis. Mild bilateral foraminal stenosis. 3. Bulging disc at C3-4 without canal stenosis. Right-sided uncovertebral spurring and facet arthropathy results in severe right foraminal stenosis. I can see from the cervical MRI's that I have had a definite deterioration in my neck. That is to be expected when we age I do know that.