My c-spine acting up again... (discography results)

[ellecincos1]

Mark,

When my children were little I constantly looked down to the floor to make sure I wouldn't fall and break my neck. The large amount of toys all over the floor kept me in a constant alert. Luckly I mastered the technique to jump over them. I hope with some antinflamatories and rest it will calm down and feel better. I agree with dshobbies you have walked in our shoes we don't want you to have to also deal with more pain issues. I hope all goes well.
Take care

[KL Aguilar]

Mark, I am so sorry to read this, but thank you for the new word (for me) to describe my almost constant companion: interscapular. Flexeril helps for me and I have gotten trigger point injections in the last month that have made a big difference.

[fuzzy]

I hear you Mark, I am still watching very carefully where I step even though the few minor mishaps I have (already) had clearly show that my spine is a lot better then it was before, but I really dont want to chance any more trouble down the road (no more motorbikes, traded those for some more camera gear!). Dr. Z. told me to "live life, don't worry about spine .. but at the same time to always use the hand rail." When ever I "forget" to use the handrail and my wife reminds me of Zs words it becomes very obvious how we become complacent so easy in light of lower painlevels. I tripped over one of the cats a couple of days ago, o boy!

[fortitudine]

Mark,
I hope your pain disappears, and I hope you don't show up as needing surgery ASAP. Keep us posted.

[Maria]

Hey Mark,
Yeah that can be so limiting as well as incredibly painful when the cspine flares up. My acute incident took me a few weeks (3) plus toradol shots every week and being very careful to get over and then a few months to be rid of the weird sort of guarding pain.

Acutely I couldn't even look downwards w/o severe spasm/pain in neck and rotating head left to right wasn't even possible. That was so weird and actually worse than my lumbar spine in terms of limitations.

Good luck with your disco results and whatever you might do. Hope you get yourself taken care of pain and spasm wise and your trip back is easier on you.

[mmglobal]

Thanks for all the kind words... all the acute stuff is almost gone (6 days after fall)... not too bad now. Focusing on this kind of brings it home... how limiting the daily stuff is. It's strange not having acute pain, but by the end of the day, what seems like a minor, dull ache; pretty much has you exhausted. Trying to sit and get some work done when something is gnawing at you is really difficult.

We'll see what the discogram says. It'll be wierd being on the table.

"Ow, ow, ow.... that's a ten!" said Mark.

"I haven't even touched you yet" said the doctor.

Take care all... I'll keep you posted.

Mark

[Maria]

Perhaps you could get some Marcaine or an ESI done after the disco if it's going to be leave you in the type of pain the lumbar ones left me in (or would have if not for the Marcaine injected after '03 one and ESI/transforaminal after '05 one).

Or a Cadillac Margarita drip

[ans]

Hey Mark,

Sorry to hear of this. Wishing you my best. - Allan