Re: Anyone Observing the Holiday

From: Joel M. Eichen (joeleichen_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 01/19/05 

Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 16:56:48 -0500

On 19 Jan 2005 20:10:02 GMT, jdrew63929@aol.com (Jan) wrote:

>Newsgroups: sci.med.dentistry
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>Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 13:19:54 GMT
>Local: Mon, Jan 17 2005 5:19 am
>Subject: 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,\

Hah!

A licensed dentist made the diagnosis or you?

Joel

> 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

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