Did they do flexion and extension x-rays on your neck. You might have a profound instability. You symptoms sound like cervical spondolosis with some intermittant myelopathy. Get a neurologist to look at you and tell him what is going on. Ask him if you are having some type of intermittant myelopathy. I am not an expert but that is what I would do. Usually myelopathy from cervical spondolosis happens real slowly over time. You might be starting to experience it and it just hasn't gotten to the point where they think you are a surgical canidate. I think that I have similar symptoms. My neck is trashed and I get weird stuff happening in my legs but I have also had 4 back surgeries. I will see a physiatrist in about a month and I will be seeing someone that specializes in migrains as well. When my neck gets real bad I tend to loose a little feeling in my hands and feet and I sort of feel like I walk funny. But, my doctor has me parade around the room and says you look fine to me. They're terds! Just sort of joking.... Any MD's out there need not take it too serious. They have to go by the book and untill you cross the magical red line, they typically won't touch you or shouldn't touch you. You have something going on. Severe flexion or extension can damage the cord and cause problems also but, I would think they would be more constant or permanent. All just my humble opinion based on my own experiences. Take care, Terry
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My going to LSI was based on having my MRI reviewed at a seminar in Rhode Island. The physician saw the films, listened to me and said I was "definitely a candidate".
The surgical nurse who spoke to me first at the LSI facility was surprised I was there because I am not a "pain patient".
I'm not sure how much detail to go into, the specific facilities, doctor's names, etc.
I believe my condition is the result of a trauma in high school football (1977), helmet-to-helmet and I went to the ground feeling like I'd been hit by lightning. I was back-boarded and examined but I had no peripheral symptoms at the time. In fact, I played that weekend wearing a neck roll 
I have disc compression and herniation and an osteophyte, cervical spine. In the MRI you can see the very subtle pressure on the spinal dura, just enough where the cerebral spinal fluid disappears. The images are taken when your lying down. The disc instability is enough where, if I walk or rake or vacuum I am disabled from the waist down in about 35 minutes. My symptoms (burning, clonus, hyperreflexivity) have been acknowledged to be cervical in origin.
I believe I am a candidate for MISS but I feel the Fibrin therapy may be very appropriate. |