CT Myelogram

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Adelaide et.al.---

I'm not sure what your goal really on this list is. First of all, I'm not

sure when you had your myelogram done (1989 maybe?), but medicine has

drastically improved since then. And my opinion would be if you haven't had

a procedure done recently (like within the last 5-10 years), you may not

know how technology has enhanced or tweaked the procedures to improve them.

With that being said, I have had a myelogram before (3 years ago at Hopkins)

and was fine. The only thing they caution is that your head always is ABOVE

your body so that the fluid doesn't rush to your brain (for at least the

first few hours, it should be out of your system within 12-24 I think).

Otherwise, you'll get a massive headache. That's really the most major and

most common side effect of anything.

So please, please, please, don't listen to one side of the story. Adelaide,

I sincerely understand you had a bad experience. But medicine has changed,

and we need to appreciate that too.

[Guest guest]

Umm..not so fast .

A good friend of mine had a myelogram done in Seattle less than 6 months ago

and is struggling tremendously with side effects, including some damage to

the spinal cord. Now, in this person's case (an LP) the doctor who injected

the dye did it improperly, not understanding LP anatomy. Yes, they've

gotten a lot better since Adelaide had hers done, but there is still some

risk involved, especially if you have an inexperienced doctor. So the

message is, make sure your doctor or technician has done plenty of these

before, and make sure they are experienced with dwarfs.

Bill

On 4/1/07, Rapert <rrapert@...> wrote:

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> Adelaide et.al.---

>

> I'm not sure what your goal really on this list is. First of all, I'm not

> sure when you had your myelogram done (1989 maybe?), but medicine has

> drastically improved since then. And my opinion would be if you haven't

> had

> a procedure done recently (like within the last 5-10 years), you may not

> know how technology has enhanced or tweaked the procedures to improve

> them.

>

> With that being said, I have had a myelogram before (3 years ago at

> Hopkins)

> and was fine. The only thing they caution is that your head always is

> ABOVE

> your body so that the fluid doesn't rush to your brain (for at least the

> first few hours, it should be out of your system within 12-24 I think).

> Otherwise, you'll get a massive headache. That's really the most major and

> most common side effect of anything.

>

> So please, please, please, don't listen to one side of the story.

> Adelaide,

> I sincerely understand you had a bad experience. But medicine has changed,

> and we need to appreciate that too.

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Bill et.al.---

I agree there is some risk, but if they've done a lot of them before,

they've probably learned to reduce the risk. There's risk though with any

surgery or any medical procedure...and yes, I do know that " accidents " and

other things that are horrible happen.

And in general, which do we normally hear about? The horrible or the good

experiences? The moral of the story is take the horror stories and the

good, not just the horror stories.

[Guest guest]

It is when they insert a Needle and inject dye into the Dural or Subdural,

can't remember which, space,

so they can view your Spinal Cord under Fluoroscopy..........then they do a

CT Scan to get additional

pictures after.

Some of us with Rods have to have them due to the Metal whiting out a MRI

picture.

Brande

mymocha@...

> What is a CT Myelogram?

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