Well, Im a mess!

[snapdragen]

Just got back from the doctors office, I'm being referred to a neurologist. As the PA put it - "there's a heck of a lot going on in that neck of yours!" So, all I know now is it could result in anything from PT to surgery; and yet, I'm still not freaking out. Must be because I'm so glad to actually know something is going to be done!

So - for you medical types, heres the impression from the CT scan:

Degenerative changes throughout the cervical spine, most pronounced in the facet joints and with bulky anterior and posterior osteophytes at the C5-6 and C6-7 levels with focal narrowing of the central canal and narrowing of the lateral recesses bilaterally but with the right side much more severely affected than the left (even though the facet degenerative changes are more severe on the LEFT, the right neural foramen are more severely narrowed than the corresponding left). Although soft tissue is not well evaluated on CT, the severe right lateral recess narrowing implies right nerve root impingement at the C5-6 and C6-7 levels. Clinical correlation requested.

Absence of the lamina at the C1 level is likely a congenital variant.

[ClockworkOrange]

Hi Snap

I wonder if this problem causes your avatar to have the purple streaks and the big bulgy eyes?

Joking apart, at least you appear to be getting somewhere, so wish you get something sorted really soon and hopefully you won't require surgery.

Clock

[mimitabby]

it's a wonder that some of us will live to be 70 and 80 and 90 years old. I have some stuff like that in my neck too (not as much or as bad as yours)

life is tough... but the alternative?

hang in there and keep us current!

[Hub]

Dang girl,

that's all I know to say

[Zen]

Aw, it's not as bad as the clinical language makes it sound.
And if you need a little surgery, not to worry- WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY!
just think about how good it will be to feel "normal" again.
note careful use of quotation marks

[maillotpois]

So - for you medical types, heres the impression from the CT scan:

Degenerative changes throughout .....

I knew you were a degenerate!!!




(Glad you got a diagnosis. keep us informed as to what your treatment ends up being.)

[bmccasland]

But I still wonder about the socks on her hands.

Snap - hope they can straighten you up and and stop your neck from trying to degrade into nothingness.

[Zen]

socks are too thin, I tells ya! OVEN MITTS!!!

yeah, I don't want to see Snap as just a head on top of shoulders. Unless she feel better that way

[RoadRaven]

Well, I'm not so funny as the other gals here...
but just wanted to say it is great to hear you have a diagnosis, because when you know the nature of the beast you battle, you can develop a plan of attack... and that gives you control over the situation

All the best in your way forward
awhi-awhi

[Duck on Wheels]

Hmmm. Sounds like Latin for pinched nerves to me. Which I guess makes sense with symptoms like tingling fingers ...? And the glimpse I got of you at Day 0 of ALC you definitely looked human, not degenerate at all But whadda I know. I never studied medicine; I only studied doctors at work.