Laura and Michelle - thanks for your kind words I really appreciate it! Being in constant pain is a daily battle and I look at it as though I will not give up and be defeated.
Like I said I went to the back doctor on Friday and found out the results of my CT scan. But I asked for a copy of the cd with the results for my own records. I just looked at it now and my doctor failed to mention that I have a bulging disc at the L4/5 level and it said that it was 1.5mm. I havent done any research about bulging discs but it said on the results that 1.5 is minimal. If it's at 1.5 now will it continue to grow?
I am a little confused on some of the terms so I was wondering if someone could help me out. This is what it said:
L5/S1: bilateral facet arthropathy; bilateral anterior projecting osteophytes from facetes which are mild sclerotic, left greater than right. What is sclerotic?? than it says that my central canal and nerual foramina are widely patent. What does that mean?
Hope everyone had a good weekend!
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2001 College Ice hockey injury
2002 DDD
2002-2004 epiderals
Spondylolisthesis
1/04 fall in Vegas
1/04-5/04 epiderals
6/24/04 Charite L5/S1
10/04-present new pain from facet joints caused by Charite; 10 facet blocks
12/06 rhizotomy left side
3/07 rhizotomy right side
5/10/2007 Charite removed, anterior IF, posterior instrumentation
180 mg MS-contin; Oxycodone; 16 mg Zanaflex
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