Guest guest Posted May 31, 2006 Report Posted May 31, 2006 Hi everyone - You may remember my post from a couple weeks ago asking for help on reading my MRI report where it said a small hemangioma was found in my L3 along with the two herniated discs that I knew I had in my L4-L5, L5-S1. Well I saw my Neurosurgeon and he said that the hemangioma is nothing to be concerned with because he doesn't think that my pain is coming from that. He said I have a small cyst in the L3 area. What he thinks is causing my pain is inflammation of the muscles and everything in my lumbar back on the left side along with joint inflammation and a piece of disc that broke free and is floating around in my back on the left side. He pushed right on the spot that he said would be causing my pain and I thought I was going to go through the roof. So he's got me on an anti-inflammatory for now, and if that doesn't work then I might be going for another epidural but this time on my left side instead of the right side. As for the pain I had on my right side all this time that they haven't figured out yet, he thinks it might be what's called Sciatic Notch Syndrome. I tried looking it up online to do some research on it and can't find anything at all. Jenn --------------------------------- Be a chatter box. Enjoy free PC-to-PC calls with Messenger with Voice. Quote
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