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Board: General Health 06-20-2012, 05:50 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 6,035
Posted By jennybyc
Re: What does High ESR mean?

An ESR of 29 is abnormally elevated but could be from anything such as a cold. Even stress can make it go up to 20. It means you have inflammation from something somewhere in your body. It doesn't...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 06-20-2012, 03:28 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,809
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Cervical foraminal stenosis?

I have left sided pain in the shoulder blade area and get spasms that pull my shoulder back when I reach forward. And I know it's my neck. It will eventually hit the right side as well if the MRI's...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 06-19-2012, 05:45 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,012
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Back pain MRI translation questions

You do have 4 bulging disks....2 in the neck and 2 in the lumbar. But none of them are posing any big problems with the possible exception of the one at C5-6. This disk has bulged backwards into the...
Board: Back Problems 06-19-2012, 03:14 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 778
Posted By jennybyc
Re: newbie surgery in a week help!!

Don't sweat it, Olsoneagle. I'm 60 and had a decompressive laminectomies at L4 and 5 and forminotomies at L4,5 and S1, 12 weeks ago. I would have gone home the same day after surgery except we got...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 06-19-2012, 09:38 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 830
Posted By jennybyc
Re: M.R.I Translation/Questions

I just had L4,5 and S1 operated on so I can tell you, that bi-lateral neural foraminal moderate encroachment is probably the cause of your problems. The exiting L5 nerves go from the back down to the...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 06-19-2012, 09:14 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 810
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Left Arm Weaker After Surgery - Help

Hey Kiddo....not happy, huh. I understand.

I had almost no use of my left arm until 9 months after my second neck surgery...my fusion. It took that long for the nerves to re-grow and re-connect...
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 06-19-2012, 08:59 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 776
Posted By jennybyc
Re: dental visits with TKR

I've taken Clindamycin for over 13 years before dental work and even with surgery. It is the antibiotic of choice to prevent infections in replaced joints. Why your doc ordered amoxicillin, I don't...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 06-16-2012, 04:47 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 819
Posted By jennybyc
Re: C4-C7 ACDF in 2009

ESI's in the neck can do 2 things...if they go well, you can get up to 3 over a period of time and it may hold you for a while. If it doesn't help or is too painful to even do, then it tells them you...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 06-16-2012, 04:37 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,706
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Cervical ESI

They tried to do one on me but it was too painful(sorry to say)so the doc pulled out.

Turns out this is a sign that the area is too compressed and needs surgery instead. And that was what I had. ...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 06-16-2012, 11:02 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 895
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Recent MRI's,disturbing symptoms possible chiari?

A grade 1 Chiari should have been picked up during your MRI for your ACDF. They don't just look at the neck from C3 down but do check the skull base and C1 and 2 as well. And your surgery was no...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 06-15-2012, 02:54 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 4,674
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Mri analysis

Basically, there are 2 major problems we can get in the neck. One is compression of the spinal cord itself and the other is compression of the spinal nerves that come off of the cord and go out to...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 06-15-2012, 02:42 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 621
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Frustrated!!!

I'm so sorry, Vin. Sounds like it could be a wound infection.....those can be tough to get rid of.

And you were doing so well!

gentle hugs..........Jenny
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 06-15-2012, 08:13 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 839
Posted By jennybyc
Re: New lumbar MRI. So why am I still in pain?

Minimal posterior spurring means you have some small bone spurs on the back of the vertebrae at T11-12.

Pain can originate from anywhere in the spine and go downward from there. But when it's in...
Board: Arthritis 06-14-2012, 05:29 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,107
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Prednisone/Gout... Please Help!

Pred is only used to stop an acute episode of gout. He should be on colchicine to stop more attacks. And he needs to get his uric acid levels down. Gout is not inflammatory...it is a crystal...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 06-14-2012, 05:12 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,308
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Need help with MRI results

Fibromyalgia is unfortunately a "garbage can" diagnosis...if we don't know what is causing the pain we'll tell you it's fibro. Fibro, as a disorder, affects muscles in symmetrical form(both sides of...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 06-14-2012, 01:16 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,308
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Need help with MRI results

The major cause of most spine pain is muscles. You have a lot of little things going wrong with your entire spine and what that does is put enormous stress on the muscles to try to take up the slack....
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 06-14-2012, 12:55 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 685
Posted By jennybyc
Re: update, since neurosurgeon

I'm so sorry Verity.....that is way too much for anyone to try to handle. I've had those times when goes from raining to the worst downpour you've ever seen. You just have to try to hold your head...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 06-14-2012, 11:17 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,024
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Hi Im new looking for advice and support:)

Hi Dawna...I'm Jenny and I've had a lot of spine issues but yours seem extreme. seems like you don't have a slow build up of problems but a sudden and severe problem that develops almost overnight....
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 06-11-2012, 02:18 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 917
Posted By jennybyc
Re: How do you cope?

Not everyone ends up in chronic pain from spine issues. I was great after my first surgery and did go back to work 2 1/2 weeks after surgery(part-time and later full-time). I would have been able to...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 06-08-2012, 03:09 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,155
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Help - MRI showing three cervical herniations with spondylosis and stenosis

I just answered your post on the Back Problems board and suggested you come over here....and you're here!

If you would, read my response there and we'll talk more here....and I know others will...
Board: Back Problems 06-08-2012, 03:04 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,134
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Cervical disc herniations (3)

Hi Photogirl...I'm Jenny and I'm fused from C3 to T1. Most of the people with cervical problems post on the Spinal Cord Disorders board and the lumbar people post here on the Back Problems board....
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 06-07-2012, 09:52 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 900
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Titanium Mesh Disc Implant??

If you have a disk that has ruptured and is casing problems and needs to be removed, the docs have to replace it with something else to maintain the height of the neck and keep the vertebrae working...
Board: Arthritis 06-06-2012, 09:33 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 844
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Anyone have osteoarthritis in one foot (bad)

I also have very flat feet and what has been my godsend is New Balance sneakers. They can have you stand on a machine that matches your foot pressure with their shoes and they can find a shoe that...
Board: Back Problems 06-05-2012, 04:42 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,570
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Another MRI translation...

Hi George.....he does have a brand new doc that he trained and hired who would be more available. His name is Dr. Nicholas Marcotte.....did his neurosurgical training at the Neurological Institute in...
Board: Arthritis 06-05-2012, 03:23 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 844
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Anyone have osteoarthritis in one foot (bad)

Try seeing a Podiatrist instead of a rheumy or even an ortho. They specialize in the foot and know more about how to deal with them than anyone else. Orthotics may help or a different type of shoe...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 06-05-2012, 03:16 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,004
Posted By jennybyc
Re: 6 weeks post-op extreme neck pain

I know how scary it can be.......my post-op sheet said to call if my temp went up to 101*....and I was 101.+* for 4 days once I got home....and I didn't call either. I know I got fevers that high...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 06-05-2012, 09:31 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,004
Posted By jennybyc
Re: 6 weeks post-op extreme neck pain

If your neck pain is worse now than after surgery, you should call the doc's office and at the least, report it. Pain can come back badly as the nerve endings heal but my rule of thumb is that if...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 06-03-2012, 10:41 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,194
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Herniation @ t7/8 with sryinx

That would be a question for your spine surgeon. Since you have cervical and lumbar problems as well, the spine would be taken in it's totality in deciding if you should change jobs or look at...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 06-02-2012, 04:27 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,194
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Herniation @ t7/8 with sryinx

Your wrap around pain would be from the thoracic problem but your right hand tingling would be a cervical problem. I have herniated disks at T6,7 and 8 so I have that too but more and more, it is...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 06-01-2012, 01:06 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 689
Posted By jennybyc
Re: pressure from others that you are healed since you had surgery

Maybe my perspective will help as I've had 14 knee surgeries including having both replaced at the same time. I've had AC joint surgery on both shoulders and a rotator cuff repair and had lumbar...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 05-30-2012, 06:08 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,715
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Help with reading MRI results of C-Spine PLEASE

Hi Missy....I'll add to what Pebblebeach said.

The 2 problems most of us have in our necks are nerve compression and spinal cord compression. As PB explained, the nerves peel off the cord at each...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 05-27-2012, 08:01 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,118
Posted By jennybyc
Re: daughter has hemangioma on lower back

We've had a number of people here with hemangiomas on/in the vertebral bone and even one who had inside her spinal cord itself. As you know, they can grow almost anywhere and are a mass of blood...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 05-26-2012, 12:42 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,952
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Being a pain in the neck :(

In order to see either doc, you need a referral from your own doc. It should be a letter requesting an evaluation and include the report on the most recent MRI or even the CD of it. If they think you...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 05-15-2012, 02:00 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,713
Posted By jennybyc
Re: complex and confusing

Hi Verity...finally I have time and hands that work. New cat did a number on my arms on Saturday. Very aggressive 2 year old male that my son had but he was attacking the 4 year old and the 10 month...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 05-09-2012, 02:38 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,950
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Muscle relaxer question

There is another one that is supposed to be low sedating called Zanaflex. I start wheezing on most of them so I haven't been on most of them for a while.....about all I can use is Soma or Valium. But...
Board: Arthritis 05-08-2012, 05:14 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,237
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Total Hip Replacement suggested for OA?

Seeing as this is fairly new to you, I'd opt for the PT. You should always do the least invasive treatment until it no longer works and then do surgery.....once replaced, you are locked into repeated...
Board: Osteoporosis 05-07-2012, 10:32 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,839
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Rapid onset of Osteoarthritis

Sorry Jacq....I should have listed my response as being to the original poster....Jonestownmom....she has the rapid onset OA.

I'm sorry you are having so much pain and so many problems. Once you...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 05-06-2012, 05:23 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 989
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Pre-op day yesterday...

Welcome to neck surgery reality, Vin. I also had all sorts of pulmonary tests as I also have lung damage and as a result, I had no gas this time....all IV anesthesia and they even put in an arterial...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 05-06-2012, 05:00 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,347
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Feeling better, but new symptom

Hi Kenzi....the reason I worry about it being vascular is that learn to associated certain kinds of pain/sensations with certain things. Burning pain tends to signify nerves (like we all know) and...
Board: Arthritis 05-06-2012, 11:49 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 776
Posted By jennybyc
Re: First visit with RD

Some days doc's are in a rush and you never know why...giving a speech somewhere, hospital fund raiser, personal stuff...who knows. But it does happen. Don't judge her by this first appointment.
...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 05-03-2012, 03:01 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,120
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Intubated after surgery?

I was told the same thing but was able to be woken up sooner than a full 24 hours(I was told it could be 48 hours). And the problem was post-op swelling in the neck and in my case, due to an...
Board: Arthritis 05-02-2012, 05:41 PM
Replies: 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis New with questions
Views: 2,148
Posted By jennybyc
Re: New with questions

The problem with having both Ra and lupus is trying to figure out which is which when flaring. We have someone else here with both and she is having a terrible time trying to find a med that works....
Board: Arthritis 05-02-2012, 02:05 PM
Replies: 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis New with questions
Views: 2,148
Posted By jennybyc
Re: New with questions

Lupus flares are different from Ra flares so why don't you ask the members of the lupus board.

Basically a flare is a sudden surge in symptoms not brought on by anything in particular. Even if you...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 05-02-2012, 01:59 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,530
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Spinal pre-op blues.

One of the first things I did after my neck surgeries was wash my hair. I got a shower stool/chair to sit on and they gave me "shower shields" to cover my incision. That hot water never felt so good....
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 05-02-2012, 09:35 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,530
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Spinal pre-op blues.

What the nurse told you is completely true and I've written it so many times here, it should be my name. Spine surgery is done to stop any further progression of the damage and not to fix what has...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 04-30-2012, 01:29 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 3,019
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Ready to say "screw it" to ALL dr's!

Kenzi....some more answers......

That tingling and asleep sensation is not a good sign and there is very little you can take to make it go away. And you really don't want to treat it as it could...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 04-29-2012, 05:17 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 3,019
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Ready to say "screw it" to ALL dr's!

So Kenzi....I finally caught up on your last post of the changes in the MRI and your current frustrations with no pain meds. NJlady explained why the problem with the pain meds...the feds are...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 04-25-2012, 07:29 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 3,466
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Concerned due to Not a good candidate for surgery

I'm late to the party but would like to join in. I have cervical spondylosis...and all that is, is a fancy word for osteoarthritis of the spine. And osteoarthritis is degenerative no matter where it...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 04-25-2012, 06:30 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,912
Posted By jennybyc
Re: I have a date!!!!!

C5and 6 were the ones I broke after having my C3 to C6 laminoplasty. The laminoplasty was great....got rid of all my numbness but for some reason...maybe damage from abuse(the suspected cause) or...
Board: Spinal Cord Disorders 04-20-2012, 10:05 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 891
Posted By jennybyc
Re: Removal of Cervical Instrumentation

They used to routinely remove cervical instrumentation to make the fusions stronger but that is not longer needed as the plates and screws are so much smaller being from titanium.

But to be very...
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