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03-17-2005, 06:18 PM
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How accurate are these things?
If it shows that all 3 discs are painful, but only 2 are severly painful and torn, then is it possible to get a 2-level, and maybe the tear at L3 will heal? Instead of being a 1-level, I've turned into a 3 level and noone will touch me. Don't understand this. Isn't it better to at least fix 2 levels and maybe get somewhat better. Wishing I'd never had a second discogram now as they would've gone ahead and just done my one level. Instead, now I'm back to square one..nowhere.
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03-18-2005, 06:53 PM
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Full thickness tear leaking onto nerve root and into epidural space for L5.
Full thickness tear at L4 with no leaking. L3 is a 50% tear. Pretty sure pain was concordant at L4 & L5 and pain was a 9-10. L3 was about a 6-7/10, but hard to say if it was my exact pain. Pretty darn achy though. Just was reading an article that sometimes a bad disc can reflect pain onto another disc above or below it. Wondering it that's the case for L3. Also, same article said the most common scenario is to have L4 & L5 as bad discs, the next common is L5 alone, and last is L3, L4, L5. Don't want to believe it's 3 discs. Besides, how can I walk so much with 3 bad discs. Would love to just beat this through exercise but it's hard when I can't lift more than a quart of milk.
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03-19-2005, 10:31 AM
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I think they will focus on the "Pain Generators" Judi.
I hope it works out Best Alastair 
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03-28-2005, 02:46 AM
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Sorry to hear this. So insane for someone who digs exercise.
Best, Allan
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05-05-2005, 12:08 AM
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dear Judi, it is so confusing and scary. I remember when the doctors couldn't decide between one level and three. I had one main level that was bad, but the other two were not great. I had so many different opinions despite the fact that I had had all the tests plus a 3 level discogram. I came to the conclusion that medicine is truly an art, not science. In the end, I had to follow my own gut instincts and did a 3 level adr.
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