Guest guest Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 I just found out I have spinal stenosis in my upper spine- C3-7; it's most severe at C5. 4 bulging discs- one worse than the rest. The space for the cord is smaller than normal making the problem worse. I have no symptoms other than numbness in my left hand sometimes- mostly when sleeping and discomfort in my shoulder- which could be arthritis. The doctors here want to remove one disc from the front of the neck and a month later remove some bone from the back replacing it with rods removing 60% of my up/down neck movement. This scares me. I live in a small city. I want to get a second opinion ASAP in the Cleveland or Columbus, Oh area or the Pittsburg area or ton, WV area. Are there any suggestions? Has anyone had this surgery? The doctors have made me very scared/paranoid about doing anything physical until I have this surgery. Myla in WV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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