Has anyone experienced a spinal disc bulge, hernia, and/or or stenosis/radiculopathy and how long did it take to recover? (mander.xyz)

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Turns out I have a disc bulge between two of my cervicals and it's pinching a nerve, which is very very painful and weakening my arm and finger sensitivity.

I'm not here asking for advice, rather to get an idea of what's down the road for me depending on the type of treatment I'll end up following. I am seeing a doctor, I have an appointment tomorrow. I also had a CT scan done.

So basically if you've had something similar anywhere on your spine I'd appreciate to know about it. Did you recover fully? How long did it take? What treatment did you follow? Did you complement it with anything such as specialized exercises, acupuncture, massage or else?

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[-] knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago

Several years of pain and ineffective treatments along with wrong diagnosis. After I got c5-c7 fused things felt much better after a year. That was 11 years ago and I continue to not have the constant inescapable pain I had back then. When your muscles never relax because the nerves are frayed and impinged, it's bad.

It's a rough surgery, but addressed my problems. I consulted with 3 surgeons before picking one I trusted.

[-] tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago

The years of misdiagnosis and useless treatments are the worst. I now have a set of docs that I am literally afraid of losing as these actual listen and dig into the why.... The listening! So damned important.

My primary guy is amazing and kept going until we found. I went from age 14 until 35 before finding this guy, and he's the first to actually believe me.

I almost accidentally killed myself on ibuprofen... Pain so bad I lost track of how much I was taking since I couldn't sleep and almost killed my liver. Blood pressure spike well into the stroke ranges....

Glad you found a good one who got you fixed up.

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

Oh wow! How come they gave you the wrong diagnosis? No imaging used? That sounds like a nightmare, glad you found a solution in the end.

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