Re: Neck and x-rays...question?~for Stark

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Hi Stark, thanks for your answer. I did take the x-ray, yesterday. I

needed to see how things were progressing. I will not be taking

anymore, though. Can you tell me more about your pain, you mention?

Is it also in the neck?

The x-ray was informative, as I could see the osteoarthritis...and

understand it... Also my neck is straight instead of tilted back like

most people.

Hope to hear from you more about your pain...and where it is located.

I am looking forward to doing Yoga in the New Year...

~dagmar

-- In chronic_pain , " crazy_horse_gt <crazy-

horse@o...> " wrote:

> Hi Dagmar,

>

> I have a little arthritis in my neck myself ... From what I know about x-rays,

it isn't good to have too many. There's always a risk.

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Hi Dagmar,

I understand about having the x-ray to see progression. I too have a

straight neck and the chiro was working on giving it a curve. My

pain is progressing to all over my neck. The bit of arthritis is on

the right side in the middle. My pain is more on the left,

especially upper and lower, but now it is moving along to everywhere.

Especially the top on the right is giving out. My new doctor still

hasn't gotten all the test results from my other doctors, so he's

going by what I tell him (though none of the tests I've had have

shown much of a problem.) He thinks it is chronic myofascial pain,

which is somewhat similar to fibromyalgia, only more localized. All

the pain is in my neck, except when it is really bad (like lately),

then it seems to spread to my shoulder and upper back. I know part

of that has to do with when my neck hurts I can't do as much and not

using my left arm enough makes my shoulder hurt (I'm glad I drive a

manual!) I had an accident in the early nineties that injured my

shoulder, and it was while in physical therapy for that that I began

to have neck problems. I've also had nerves cauterized, but that did

not help much and they grew back within a few months. I think the

surgeries have contributed to my neck worsening. I can't think of

anything else that would have done it, except for the undertreatment

of my pain by a horrible pain management doctor I was seeing from

spring through summer. I originally saw a chiropractor who

specializes in neck manipulation when this began to get real bad

(over two years ago) and I had assumed he would 'fix me all up' and I

wouldn't need to be bothered with the neurosurgeon or doing anything

else about my neck. Unfortunately, just the opposite came about.

The chiro caused the pain to worsen and it become constant along with

really limiting my range of motion. I had to quit working right

after beginning seeing him and have not been able to return. I am in

the process of applying for SSDI now. (What a pain! That just adds

insult to injury.)

As far as 'un-straightening' my neck goes, the chiropractor did

indeed do that to some small degree. But it took four months of

excruciating pain to do so, and now the pain will not go away. He

insisted he can straighten it out - well, that's nice LOL! I don't

think I can take anymore of his treatment though! If it weren't for

the doctors giving me medication I would not have been able to stand

seeing him for the four months that I did. I could hardly move

afterwards. My poor old doggie had to trundle over to me so I could

pet him and even then it was so hard to lean over at all.

One thing I found very interesting when I first went to physical

therapy is after telling them about the chiro and how I have a

straight neck, the therapist replied " Yes, I noticed that right away

when you walked in. " I also have a 'swan neck'. (I knew I had a

_long_ neck, but I'm happier to hear it called a swan neck instead

LOL!)

Hope this has helped give some insight, and that everyone has a real

good day today!

Stark

p.s. I'd like to apologize to everyone for forgetting to edit my

earlier post and not putting in double spaces at the end of my

sentences (I know some people have a hard time reading and that doing

so helps.) I'll just have to post more often so I don't forget

Can you tell me more about your pain, you mention?

> Is it also in the neck?

> The x-ray was informative, as I could see the osteoarthritis...and

> understand it... Also my neck is straight instead of tilted back

like most people.