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Degenerative Cervical Spine Disease May Not Progress Over Time
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04-28-2013, 10:24 PM
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Runner,
with my cervical spine it went from pain in the neck and electrical shooting pains to arm weakness in a matter of a few months so that was surgery time. I also went to pt first. Now for my lumbar area , i just got my f in pt. Sent home, no progress made in 7 weeks. Now i am having a ct on my lumbar tomorrow and see what is next. Probably anterior surgery. I am not happy about the prospect, but i can hardly stand up in anywhere near a straight position in the last 2 weeks. I just fall forward. Allready look 90 years old. What will happen if i live to be old if i do not do the surgery is a question in my mind. Wheelchair for sure. I'll write soon Judy
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2007 ACDF 4-7 2008 hip , knee scope, hip replacement 2009 thoracic T-5 thru T-11fusion 2009 VATS T7-8, posterior only T11-12. removal of thoracic hard wear 2010 lung surgery 2010 T2-L2 kyphosis correction 2010 Kyphoplasty T-3, T-4 2011 Cervical osteotomy ,revision C4-T5 2011 Foot surgery 2011 Revision fusion T7 thru L4/laminectomy 2012 Hammertoe correction left foot 2012 Revision fusion T-12 thru L5 2012 Revision fusion L4-L5 
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07-20-2013, 01:23 AM
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cervical spine
I almost hesitate to say anything because for a while my neck was giving me more problems than my low back. I think when I'm tense and freaking out I get terribly hunched up and knotted and the muscular that leads to my neck starts to spasm terribly.
I had 2 MRIs of my cervical spine but nothing recent because back in 2006 I wasn't surgical candidate and the neck probs I've had in the last few years get knocked out with a shot of Toradol or by taking a few Fioricets so I'm hoping that my C spine is just hanging in there like my low back. Thankfully my C spine issues don't fall under WC so if I ever have to do anything about that area of my spine hopefully it won't be a huge insurance battle.
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06-16-2014, 10:13 PM
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Unless I missed it, it doesn't say for what period of time the researchers followed the patients.
It was 7 years between my initial cervical injury and surgery. What kept me somewhat functional was PT (yes, for 7 years!). At the point when I was experiencing notable arm weakness and weird movement in my neck, the surgeon said it was time for surgery. Noticing the arm weakness was complicated by also having to have 2 rotator cuff repairs (also from the same MVA)--it was only after I had gone through rehabilitation from those surgeries, that the weakness was obvious.
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