All of my herniations have been evident from the very first MRI almost two years ago. The problem is that all of them have been ignored as the cause of my pain. I had no way of knowing that these doctors were incorrect until my recent surgery.
Now the only thing that proves that the pain is coming from the other herniations is my word. The cause has been documented by imaging over and over and it has been ignored. At this point if I could go to a surgeon and tell him I want T1-2, T3-4, and T6-7 operated on I would. I am that sure. Unfortunately I can't do that and it seems that the only evidence I have is not good enough, because if it were, the problems would have been fixed by now.
I will be working with Mark on options with doctors, but I am pretty sure that they are going to want more proof that what I have. This leaves me having to wait to for the evaluation by the doctors, wait for the tests to be run, wait for the evaluation of the tests, then wait for a treatment plan. I cannot wait anymore with this kind of pain. If I can decrease the time that I will have to wait by running these tests now, I am willing to risk the chance of infections. Or in other words, the benefits outweigh the risks for me.
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Chiari 1 malformation - successful surgery 1-22-09
C5-6 herniation (extrusion) with moderate central canal stenosis and bilateral foraminal stenosis.
Prodisc-C @ C5-6 surgery on 5/28/09
VATS thoracic fusion @ T3-4 and T6-7 on 9/11/09
Fusion w/cage @ C7-T1 on 11/12/09
Last edited by jchebert1979; 06-07-2009 at 07:00 PM.
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