Thanks for asking. It went well. To save time, due to the fact, I have been
over doing, I'll post what I posted there.

Jan  

   

Newsgroups: sci.med.dentistry
From: jdrew63...@aol.com (Jan) -  
Date: 19 Jan 2005 20:10:02 GMT
Local: Wed, Jan 19 2005 12:10 pm  
Subject: Re: Anyone Observing the Holiday

Thank God, my neurosurgeon celebrated it, by doing a wonder job of surgery on
me.

Operated on 3 degenerated disks in my neck. On the MRI it showed the spurs on
the outside, when he went inside one to replace the cushioning (as I call it)
he found a huge spur inside it. I have been in unbelievable pain, especially
when it settled on my nerves.

As an aside, the dentists here might want to know, I had a couple of teeth
pulled that were somehow connected with these nerves, no cavities, just black
at the gum line, at any rate terrible pressure on my entire face jaws and neck.
At the time I had them extracted the MRI results weren't in. The pain shot
straight to the protruded disks, when my surgeon began to tell me the results,
I said, let me guess exactly where they are. I was right on the money.

Feeling much better, but still not home free as the one in front of the other
two, is doing the same, plan to get it out next week.

I would like to say at this time, I had the teeth cleaned up under the gum on
the other side of my mouth several years ago, I believe this was a much needed
procedure.

I went to the chronic pain center and got several epidurals, while waiting to
get in to see the surgeon, they didn't help. Ended up in the ER several times,
when I could stand the pain no longer.

I would hope that even Joel would not make fun of this post, the pain has been
unreal.

It is amazing that one can have seroius surgery one day and be home the next,
and with the new technology, no stitches, in my rather long scar.

Also calling Diamond Headache clinic as this may have been the cause of my long
history of headaches. They often do MRI's of the head, but not the neck, this
info., if they still are not doing it, may help someone.

Jan