Friday, August 08, 2008

Myelogram/CT Scan/ Results

I had a Myelogram/ and CT Scan done on the 29th of July to help determine what was still causing the pain in my neck. I won't go into specifics; I'll just say I'd rather not have to repeat that again. It was a long couple of days that weren't all that comfortable or fun. The team at Spine Team-docs and physical therapist met this past Monday and discussed my case and looked at my scans. I had and went in for my followup on Wednesday. The good news is I am not having surgery on my neck. The bad news is we still don't know what is causing the pain. The disc herniation has gone down, the spinal column looks good, and the nerves are not being compressed. So Dr. Bartolemei(my neurosurgeon) has referred me to another doctor. This doctor specializes in spinal cord stimulation. I will be setting up an appointment with him to have an evaluation done to see if a device will be placed on my spine that reads what kind of communication or lack of communication is going on between the spine and my brain. At least I think that's what it does. I haven't had time to do more research, but will and will post to give everyone a better explanation. So....answers, but no answers. I'm becoming more and more frustrated as time passes and we still have no answers. Maybe it's all been in my head a great big figment of my imagination...I just know that I want the pain gone. I'll post on more happy things this weekend.

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