cervical mri, please review *pic*

[jsewell]

Hi, I'm afraid i am no help in translating MRI's . mine just look like a big mess to me. I'm so sorry about your accident. The thing that really caught my eye was the keep falling asleep part, i am having that problem since my last surgery. I never thought it was connected to spine, but since mine has been operated on almost all levels, maybe it is.

What are the doctors saying to you? Do you have a neurosurgeon, or spine surgeon?
Sorry i am no help .
Judy

[newbiepostmva]

thanks.

i have not been to a neurosurgeon, just an ortho surgeon. i've been tossed around everywhere, i dont know who to see anymore.

[jsewell]

I would definitely go to a spine surgeon or a neurosurgeon, not just a general ortho. The specialties have specialized. I have a spine surgeon and just love him. Unfortunately we have gotten to know each other pretty well.
Judy

[jsewell]

I just reread your original post and realize you were talking about your hands falling asleep, not you falling asleep. I am such a dumb ass some times. I am having a problem where i fall asleep. I do often still wake up with one hand or another asleep.
Were you talking about while sleeping or just awake ? As you can see i have had significant surgery on all 3 levels with no motor vehicle accident. So i do have an understanding of the symptoms , or some of them anyway.
judy

[newbiepostmva]

Lol jsewell.

My hands r falling asleep just randomly, more when I lay down though.

My low back is way worse, but I didn't post that on here yet

[jsewell]

Yes my lower back is getting all the attention now. It has been operated on at least 3 times. I keep getting fractures in the vertebra. Stenosis and some bending in the wrong way. Every time my spine surgeon tries to get me more in the correct position, my body just does what it wants , even when it means to work a screw out. I have done that several times too. This last one must have had my sciatic nerve in a horrible position because i couldn't even walk one step . The pain was too bad so i was in a wheel chair for a little while. Then more surgery to free the sciatic nerve. Always something with me.
Let us know about your lumbar spine. Are your legs involved with that? I hope not for your sake. Any appointments comiing up. Look for a spine doc though. I go to a practice that has a doctor for every part in orthopedics. I have used many of them as well. I am lucky in that.
Judy

[newbiepostmva]

Judy, it sounds like you're dealing with so much, I'm sorry to hear that.

Yes my left leg is in a lot of pain, down to the toe. I had an injection last week, and it was worse after that. My MRI on my lumbar shows herniation at l4-5, spondylolisis and spondylolisthesis. There's also more findings. Again, never had pain unroll this jerk hit us. I can barely walk, can't sit for more than 5-10 minutes, its really affecting a lot. Phys therapy and injection failed so far.

I'm seeing my primary ms who is a D.O. and just saw a ortho surgeon who did the injection