Semopar Forum

**004x41500** · 12-07-2010, 06:05 PM

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Most of you guys already know this, but i thought its best to make my own thread about it instead of cluttering up the other one.

It started when i was rear ended in the truck about 6 months ago, I went to the ER they did some cat scans, and said I had minor nerve root impingment, and recomended me to a neurologist...

so i go to the neurologist, and he did, some xrays, and a few MRIs, 1 of my head, and another of my neck...

well xray showed that there was a vertebra (c4) that was pretty much sliding freely when i moved my head, and the MRI showed the discs at C3-4, and C4-5 were both partially herniated.

We started on physical therapy, 3x a week for 4 weeks, that didnt help any. then we did massage therapy 2x a week for 4 weeks, that didnt help either, then we went to a CESI (Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection)

well the CESI time came, they consciously sedated me, and numbed the site where they would be going in with the needle, right between my shoulder blades, and they had to go in there, and feed a tube from there up to my neck (about 8 inches) in my spinal canal, well i felt every bit of it, and it hurt like hell. of course that didnt work either.

so i was at work one night, and just turned my head to look at a price tag, and i felt 4 pops in my neck, and the girl next to me even heard it, well immediately following the pops, my lower back started hurting real bad, my neck got 100x worse with pain, and my right arm went numb, so i go back to the dr. and he wants to get 2 more MRIs done, 1 on my neck and 1 on my lower back, well i havent gone yet because they cant bill my auto insurance because theres not enough coverage left with it ($10,000) and in order for BCBS to pay for it i have to have a letter of exhaustion from my auto ins. that says there is no more coverage left. and then the MRIs also have to be approved by BCBS before they can be done.

So now im pretty much playing a waiting game.

And this past friday night (12/3) i ended up leaving work early to go to the ER.

i had been dizzy and nauseous all day friday, and threw up friday night, i ended up leaving work at 1am and went to the ER. at first my blood pressure (bp) was 141/78 which is high for me (120/70 is my norm) and then when i got into a room like 15 mins later, they took it again, and it was like 98/54, they started an IV drip, gave me something for the nausea, and some antivert for my dizziness, then they gave me some ativan through the IV to help calm me down a bit, they took blood and urine, then they did a orthostatic test to see if it could be a possible bp issue, sitting down my bp was 116/68, standing it was 126/74, and laying down it was 111/60.

they diagnosed it as vertigo, but i think something else is going on, the dr. ive been goin to since my wreck did a test for vertigo, and they said i didnt have it, and it cant be an inner ear infection because i have no fever.

And next monday (12/13) I go to a spine specialist to find out if I'm going to need surgery or if anything else can be done that hasn't been tryed.

So all in all its been a very stressful year for me. Ill keep everyone updated as I find out more info.

**SmokedRam** · 12-07-2010, 06:14 PM

Get well soon brother...hope they find out what going on. My sister suffers from Vertigo due to repeated blows to her head from her wife heating husband...of which she continues to go back to.

**BAD HABIT** · 12-07-2010, 06:19 PM

wow, get better man, i hope everything works out...

**Storm Rider** · 12-07-2010, 06:53 PM

Man, hope everything goes your way. Keep the faith and a smile on your face. My family is wishing you all the best.

**Fla 66 cuda** · 12-07-2010, 06:57 PM

Our prayers are with you hope they can help you get better.

**txbass06** · 12-08-2010, 12:33 AM

Prayers comin from my family too. Hopefully, nobody will drag ass on this and you can get fixed up quickly

**Onk** · 12-08-2010, 12:46 AM

I know what you are going through....Just find yourself a good doctor. thats the important part....they are hard to come by.

I actually flew up to ohio to go see a specialist after my accident....that was a trip..let me tell ya that...

I hurt every day. My right shoulder has been numb since my accident, i have a constant tremor in my right hand and if i step wrong on my right side, my entire right side will give out....

Back surgery is no joke. My mom had it done, almost became paralyzed due to it. I have never talked to one person who has has a successful back surgery. I have had 4 different doctors tell me I need it yesterday. I have 4 ruptured disc (1 lumbar, 1 thoracic and 2 cervical) and there will come a time when I wont be able to bare the pain any more, but until that time comes, where I can not absolutely function, I wont let anyone cut my open and operate on my spine. Back pain never gets better, but it will eventually level out.

You just gotta find the right doctor/chiro combo....

Alot of people dont believe in Chiropractors...but I can vouch, mine is a miracle worker. She is really big into Bio-cranial medicine as well. Look it up...that shits no joke either!!!

**NOTPAID4** · 12-08-2010, 11:10 AM

Wow, sorry to hear about all of this and can see why you could get stressed out. Wishing you the best with this and hope they find the actual cause so it can be treated properly. Keep us posted!!!!

**004x41500** · 12-08-2010, 05:53 PM

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thanks for the wishes and prayers guys, the people who are draggin ass on this is the ins. company, and the billing dept. at the drs. office. each day is another battle, they have me on darvocet for pain, but its pretty much a supercharged tylenol. when i see the dr. again, im goin to see if they can give me anything else because the darvcet just isnt cutting it.

the unfortunate thing is im allergic to Codine which is in pretty much everything. So we will see.

**SmokedRam** · 12-08-2010, 07:15 PM

Man, there is something about spine surgery that I really dont like...I would have to REALLY trust the surgeon before I let him/her operate on my spine.