PsychLea

Christina,

My facet joints have been identified as one of my pain generators. They are going to do epidural injections first, because of my radiculopathy in my arm. My PM talked about doing a rhizotomy, where they burn and disconnect the small nerves around the facet joints to interrupt the pain signals. It is suppose to give you relief for several months.

Of course the nerves will grow back, but it takes up to 6 months to a year. 6 months without pain would be worth it to me.



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God bless,

Lea

C4-5 noncompressive disc displacement
C5-6 compressive disc displacement
C6-7 broad based disc protrusion encroaching on the anterioposterior aspect of the spinal canal.
DDD
ACDF C6-7 5/13/03 with titanium plate,4 screws, and no collar postop.
New MRI 8/25/03
C5-6 posterior annular bulge, now with spurring,canal stenosis, and foraminal stenosis

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God bless,

Lea