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Old 01-27-2012, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by John747
My numbness is in my ring and little finger tips on my left hand. Otherwise except for immediate numbness in my left arm with certain activities I am experiencing little to no pain. MRI shows big problem only at C5-6. I just don't want a window to close for doing the surgery and or doing permanent damage.
Are you me? Big mess at C5-6, C8 problems, short window of opportunity to do anything... After what appears to be three years of nerves being compressed or otherwise impaired for you, full recovery may be iffy. My injury was thirteen years ago, so I'm expecting some of the numb and tingly will never go away.

My next move will probably be a micro discectomy for that C8 to hopefully resolve the pinky and ring finger tingling and loss of coordination in the hand.
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April '98 - Injured @ work
Oct '98 - Declared "permanent and stationary" by workers' comp docs
10 years of PT and chiropractic...
Oct '08 - Sudden incapacitating lumbar / sciatic pain with foot drop
April '09 - L5-S1 microdiscectomy fixes foot drop and most of the pain
May '11 Hey doc, I'm tired of my neck hurting...
Dec '11 - C5-6 Prodisc-C
July '12 - Neck is still doing well. L5-S1 is "done" - bone on bone
July '13 - L4-L5-S1 TLIF
Aug '13 - C7-T1 microdiskectomy
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