Um...I have a neck fracture....maybe....

[DebW]

If a normal scanner doesn't work on the x-ray, try taping it to a window or blank computer screen and take a snapshot with a digital camera.

[Kitsune06]

so is it c1 or c2?

Given your xrays, it *sounds* like you have a type II fracture- through the base of the dens... if, in fact, it's c2... which is more likely because odontoid fractures make up ~1/3 of the fractures of the C-spine... Freaky, huh? So you're not alone...
A decent CT example of a positive... with xrays here.
Ok. Gotta stop being a dork. Makes me wonder if I sustained a similar injury as a kid, either faceplanting over my dad's shoulder (squirmy kid) or attempting a backflip on my bed (and failing...)
Take care of yourself, Snap.

I'll have an orange drop for you tonight. I've... rather lost my taste for lemon drops since the party in CA.

[snapdragen]

The note I have from the first doc says C1, with compression of the others below. I'm hoping to hear from my doc on Monday.

**this is not how I planned on spending my vacation days**

[Wahine]

C2 is a very common fracture and is often related to diving accidents. C1 fractures are more rare but are most often related to a traumatic comprssion type force which explains the compression of the vertebra or discs below. It's all very intriguing. Keep us posted.

[DirtDiva]

What are you saying there? That someone dropped snap on her head when she was a baby?

[LBTC]

DD - sure, I can see that. My brothers used to drop me head first on the concrete floor when I was a kid. I'll never forget that sound...a very deep echo-y thud.

We're pretty sure that this contributed to my current health problems, too. Well, and a neck that a chiropractor told me was full of osteoarthritis when I was 18 years old.

Neck pain sux. Hopefully the fact that they an see something on the x-ray will mean that they can do something to make you feel better!

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[DirtDiva]

Ain't brothers wonderful? I have a friend whose brothers used to get her to jump out of the upstairs window and convinced her she'd be fine as long as she landed on the target they'd painted on a sheet! She never did break any bones that way, but she did take up skydiving as an adult.

[luv'nAustin]

Hey snap,

Sorry to hear that you have the fracture, but certainly glad that they finally found it for you.

I also wanted to add that I'm very impressed with your computer skills! I can't even figure out how to add a picture to my posts and not only do you add your x-ray, but you draw diagrams! Way cool!

[snapdragen]

My brothers always treated me like the princess I am

Any damage done was self inflicted, going headfirst over the back of a rocking chair, flying down the basement stairs in my baby walker...you get the idea.

[Duck on Wheels]

Ouch, Snap! And double-ouch if this means they've taken you off worker's comp. But hey, if this is something you've had since infancy, then how can they be so sure it wasn't work that made it start giving you symptoms? Or maybe the symptoms aren't from the old fracture at all? I mean ... work is supposed to be safe for everybody, because there's barely anybody who hasn't suffered a whack here or a crack there as a kid. So if you have to be superhealthy at the outset to get workers' comp, then what good is it to most of us ordinary folks? Anyway, whatever they find, I've got some fingers crossed that they also have a cure for it and that your insurance has you covered.

[snapdragen]

Doc's office called, the radiologist says there is definately something there, but it's possible it is congenital. They want me to go in for a CT scan instead of the MRI. I know nothing of either, so it's still a big adventure for me!

In the meantime, I'm having great fun explaining all this to people at work. "Be nice to me, my neck is broken you know....."

[silver]

I *think* that the CT scan is more dimensional than the MRI. Will give them more ability to look all around it. But I'm sure the experts will weigh in.

*worried* ....I dropped SilverDaughter on her head when she was a baby....

But she's had a CT scan of the head so surely if there was a problem they would have noticed it.

[Bad JuJu]

In the meantime, I'm having great fun explaining all this to people at work. "Be nice to me, my neck is broken you know....."

I'm just picking up on this thread--ouch, poor you! (If I were a real southerner, I'd say "Well, bless your heart!" )

You've got the right idea at work though--milk that fracture for all it's worth!

[IFjane]

Oh Snap! I just saw this thread, too. Keep us posted on the CT scan (can you show us pictures of that, too?? )

[maillotpois]

Oooh! Have fun in the CT scan machine!! I think it is probably faster and certainly less claustrophobic than MRI. I've never had MRI, though.

Seriously, keep us informed.

Do they really think any of this has anything to do with your wrists/hands??