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in reply to: cervical spine and MRI 'early cord flattening' #5610
I think in the UK there is about 100 neurosurgeons, not many for a population of about 70 million. They do a pretty amazing job but resources are finite.
As regards my predicament, in view of your helpful advice about what my MRI might mean, I shall ask my primary care doctor to perhaps see if he can get the neurosurgery team to look again at my case, or otherwise seek a second opinion. If something was to be done surgically, I’d prefer that discomfort sooner rather than greater disability later, even though I understand there are always risks.
48 is a bit young to surrender to what appears to me (given that MRIscan report) the inevitability of increasing disability, and especially concerned that (as a driver) a minor accident could have catastrophic
implications neurologically.BTW, your site is amazing.
Thanks
Andrewin reply to: cervical spine and MRI 'early cord flattening' #5608Hello
Thanks again for replying
I told him about those symptoms but he was satisfied that because he could not elicit neurological signs and in view of the minor level of cord flattening etc that he should discharge me.
I have to say however that he did not ask me to walk in front of him which I had anticipated would be part of assessment nor examine me on a couch or even touch my neck itself
I beleive that having seen the MRI he did not want to intervene surgically, that no doubt NHS resources and clinical priorities
probably favor more advanced disease, not that he said that. He said ‘I could remove that disk but you would not gain any advantage’Thank you
Andrew
in reply to: cervical spine and MRI 'early cord flattening' #5606Hi Doctor Corennman
I saw a neurosurgeon last Sunday abouit it and he said he thought there was no major problem but he did say that ‘ your cord may be getting pinched some of the time with movement’ ‘signal change can be something, can be nothing but your neurological signs are normal’ he said
He didnt pick up the knee reflex issue, as he used the hammer on me whilst I sat next to him, fully clothed. It was my own doctor who established that, and the physio I saw almost 2 years ago also noticed that hyper reflex in my left knee
However, I can confirm my previous 2 MRI (2007 and 2009) did not show flattening or signal change and I have not suffered any accident inbetweeen times
The only thing that has certainly happened between the 2009 MRI and now is a tendency ion the last 18 months to sudden episodes of very high BP or tachycardia, cardio work up has eliminmated cardiac cauises. I’m womdering about CNS causes
The neuro service have discharged me and I fear that they have
abandoned me to my fateThank you so much for replying
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