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- Back in 2005 I had the shunt surgery in my c-spine (c3 thruc7) .Now my pain doc says that I have 6 bone spurs where they had to cut the bones to get at my spinal cord .Has anyone else had to have the shunt surgery and do you now have on going...
- Has anyone had this done ? Did it help ? My pain doc has talked to me about getting this done to my cervical spine but I don`t know if it would do much good .I had one done to my lumbar spine on the right side but never felt that it did any good...
- I know that it happens some of the time when I am eating or drinking tea or water ,but it has happened when I am not drinking or eating .Has this happened to anyone else or is it just me .I know that my NS that I had in Denver told me not to sneeze...
- Has anyone had them ? Do or did you think they did any good ? Just asking because that is all my pain doc has recomended for my pain ,other than having me take Flexarill and Tramadol . Nothing is working .The injections seem to cause more pain than...
- Has anyone had problems with gaining wieght .Since I was diagnosed I have had problems with this .I used to stay in shape by walking and exercising and lifting weights . But since I have had surgery to place a shunt in my neck I just can`t get...
- In the past I have had many MRI`s ,so many I can`t count them . I lost count at 20 . Well yesterday the pain doc had me go for more on my cervical and thorasic spine ,he already had one done on my lumbar spine but found out that the syrnx there is...
- I have been on DS for a long time now and it just seams like no one knows what to do about SM and the symptoms . Is there really anyone that knows anything ? Or are we just lab rats ? I say this because I have been to several NS and everyone has a...
- I went to a new NS yesterday and he suggested it . He said that I would be a good canidate for one . I think it is for the pain in my cervical spine . At least that is why my pain specalist sent me to him . The pain specalist was worried that if he...
- Have you ever wanted to just Push Pause on your life of pain and take a long brake ? That way then maybe while you are in the land of Pause maybe they would come up with a cure for SM . I know it sounds like I have taken leave of my sences but it...
- I have been on this site for a while now and I am a little concerned that there is not much activity going on .There are the new members comming here but there is not much new discussion going on .I am not saying that it has to be all information...
- Last week I was so upset about the lack of any consistancy in the opinions of NS that I have been to about SM ,that I did the ask an expert why there are so many different views by NS about what should or should not be done. So far I haven`t...
- I don`t know about the rest of you here in the SM group but why is it that every NS that you go to for this disorder has a different opinion about what to do? Is it so rare that they just don`t know what to do ? An example is when I was diagnosed...
- I had to go and get anotherMRI on Monday evening in Albuqurque.Today the Neurologist called with the results from the radiologist report.Everything was about the same except that there is a cyst where the shunt was placed in the spinal cord.He did...
- I was just diagnosed last year and this year after having a lot of vision problems,I was told that the one in my left eye has gotten big enough for them to do surgery but they want to wait until the right eye needs it.I don`t know that much about...
- I never had any problems with high blood pressure until I started having problems with pain associated with the SM.I mean one day I will be fine and the next when I am in a lot of pain my blood pressure is through the roof.Does anyone else have this...