Welcome Judy

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Hi Judy,

Welcome to the group. Check thru all the archives and you might find

some answers to your questions.

What did you mean by > and once

> doctors find one thing wrong they tend to blame everything on that. ?

I discovered I had TC (knew that I had spina bifida with a lipoma at

L4,5 S1) at age 50 and had my first release at 51. After a lot of

trouble healing, it took a year to recover. I had a few good years,

but have gone downhill since. In the past 4 years, I've started

wearing bilatel AFOs, use a scooter, drive with handcontrols, all of

which I didn't have before. BUT if I'd not had the surgery,I'd been

like that back in 1997.

Unlike most you find here, my neurosurgeon does not recommend another

release because of all the scarring I had with the first. Plus I had

to heal by the inside out and the incision never filled in.

I've now also got a syrinx at T9 and stenosis and osteophytes at

C5,6,7. The cervical stuff may be related to aging (I'm now 58) So my

back is really a mess now. I see a pain management specialist, who has

given me more relief that the physiatrist I've seen, but I keep

collecting symptoms - either from the TC, aging, or side effect of

medications.

I don't post that much, as I'm busy doing other things..but yours

caught my eye.

V