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mikeymike
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« on: February 19, 2018, 10:21:58 PM »


So 9 months ago you have had lifesaving surgery but over the past 4 months you have had 24hr pain – you have been put on a range of different drugs but none seem to work – you have gone backwards and forward seeing different specialist.

Now you get a call from your consultant, who has narrowed it down to spinal nerve damage and the only real way to tell is to have an MRI, but you cannot have one because the metal plates and 28 screws you have in your body from nearly 40 years ago will fry you.

So these now become your potential options:

1.   Have an operation to remove your metal and have it replaced with new metal (9 hour op) then spend 6 months recovering so you can have your MRI then have your back slashed open and have an operation on the spinal cord.

2.   Have your back slashed open and let them take a punt that they can find the problem and rectify it.

3.   Not do anything at all and live with the pain.

There is no option 4.

Personally I am for option 2 both option  1 and 2 obviously carry a degree of risk messing with the spinal cord one mistake and it not going to be good.

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« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2018, 10:30:48 PM »

3+cannabis!

Is it an option to have a crack at number two, then if not successful have the option to do the more invasive procedure?
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« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2018, 12:41:47 AM »

avoid if at all possible to any risk to damaging the spinal cord
28 years of spinal cord injury and i still wake up every morning hoping its just a bad dream
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« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2018, 08:05:54 AM »

avoid if at all possible to any risk to damaging the spinal cord
28 years of spinal cord injury and i still wake up every morning hoping its just a bad dream

Every so often, Iron comes out with a real gem of a post.

This one will stay with me for a long time.
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