Lynette, regarding the change in your symptoms after the MRI: Many of us live in a world that is dominated by a piece of bone or tissue that is pressing on a nerve. If it moves 1/2 mm in one direction, our symptoms may go away. If it moves 1/2 mm in the other direction, we are in the ER. Strange comings and goings of symptoms are a common theme. They can be especially confounding if we are scheduled for surgery and suddenly feel much better! Many people have said... "I wish I was worse because then my path would be clear." (I don't recommend wishing for that!)
The MRI is just a piece of the puzzle. Many of us have benign findings on MRI that ultimately turn out to be the source of our problem. I've had clientes who've had the nuerologist and surgeon arguing about findings. The neurologist looks at the whole picture, with the MRI a small piece. SOME, not all surgeons, put too assign too much weight to the MRI. It is just a static picture and does not tell the whole story.
Mark
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