I was just checking in for info when I saw your question. I too had severe spinal cord compression and I noticed this year especially a recall problem. I thought it was my age being 40 something... and I was worried as my dad has Alzheimer's. I too felt it more related to my neck as it seemed to onset during the injury. I suffer sparks in my eyes when I try to do any substantial use of my arms and when I told the surgeon of the tick I got after surgery of c5 6 he said he didn't operate on my eyes.
Well as you know the occipital nerve wraps around your head and feeds in to all these areas. I find it hard to believe how nieve a dr. can be expecting me to not make any correlation between the ongoing eye sparking I have had to endure since I sustained my injury to my neck.. If spinal cord compression can cause your toes to burn and calves to go pins and needles and your groin and then give you the electrick shock of l'hermittia syndrome why can they disregard the eye problem and this memory/recall problem I have had. I never mentioned it to them as I can only imagine the response to that statement.
It is very frustrating. My surgery seemed to go well but I eat only one meal a day and have shakes the rest of the time and I am almost one year Nov 04 since my surgery. This symptom has been noted by medical journals as dysphagia and is unreported by surgeons as a symptoms because guess why, there would be less statistical positive results.
Its all about economics in the end.. some of us do get a radical pain relief and live with the other bunk ... that is other symptoms that are very uncomfortable but THE ONLY OPTION to the suicidal pain that comes from spinal cord compression and disc deterioration.
So DON"T DESPAIR.. your question may sound bizarre .. but I can validate that you probably are experiencing a very real symptom... I have had a low back surgery as well this year and I wondered if it was all the anaesthetic affecting my memory... but.. again its hard to prove and probably not a side affect worth noting by a surgeon who wants a successful response from a hand picked candidate.
Well good luck my sweet..
don't despair .. you are not alone and its not all in your head.. we all know our bodies.. and I for one have noticed this symptom or END RESULT.. its a little hard to document and draw a relationship .. so you can only assume what you feel .. your instinct about this is probably correct.
Take care.. trying to be.
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