Yes, Dave, the Nero Surg had a HUGE ego..................

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it's MY way or the highway " attitude and diagnosed me by my symptoms

exclusively, even though I've spent over $1000 personally on MRI's of

cervical and lumbar. I have appts lined up over next 3 weeks with a

hand (elbow) surgeon(saw him once before and was un-impressed but want

his comments on EMG) and another Spine Surgeon, as well as another

Neurologist. I have a VERY analytical mindset and encourage docs to

analyse and have a strategy plan to see what options of treatment I

have. Did you ever try PT or OT therapy before surgery? Outcome and

what things helped? Docs have written Lodine for me, but my body is

HYPER sensitive to side effects and adr's of any/all meds. Have you

ever tried traction? Thanks for your responses. Shybasset

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I think having an analytical mindset is a good thing. Just keep plugging

away at it and be patient and I think you'll likely get the right

docs/tests/etc to get the diagnosis right. One thing you can do that I

did is get copies of mri's and ct-scans and send them to various places.

I sent mine to germany for consideration of an aritificial disc

replacement and down to a place in florida that does minimally invasive

procedures. You can usually get some feedback on what/where they think

the problem is and start to get a consensus among all the sources. I

have also studied my mri and cat scans. The mri's are kinda hard

although it's easy with them to see any spinal stenosis. The cat scans,

with the right tools, are actually pretty easy to read and give great

detail on bony spurs/ostephytes. If you decide to send off for 2nd

opinions, wait till you have any tests done locally so you can include

results from those tests. Also, get the written copies of results from

the tests so you can send those.

I would not have ANY work done until several things happen:

- I've tried non-surgical solutions and they didn't help and I've tried

them/waited at least 3 months.

- I can't go on in my current condition

- I'm confident with a diagnosis

- I'm confident with a procedure

- I'm confident with the doctor doing the procedure

shybasset wrote:

>it's MY way or the highway " attitude and diagnosed me by my symptoms

>exclusively, even though I've spent over $1000 personally on MRI's of

>cervical and lumbar. I have appts lined up over next 3 weeks with a

>hand (elbow) surgeon(saw him once before and was un-impressed but want

>his comments on EMG) and another Spine Surgeon, as well as another

>Neurologist. I have a VERY analytical mindset and encourage docs to

>analyse and have a strategy plan to see what options of treatment I

>have. Did you ever try PT or OT therapy before surgery? Outcome and

>what things helped? Docs have written Lodine for me, but my body is

>HYPER sensitive to side effects and adr's of any/all meds. Have you

>ever tried traction? Thanks for your responses. Shybasset

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