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What Does Severe Bilateral Forminal Narrowing Suggest?

ON APRIL 8TH, IHAD A IMAGING-GUIDEDTHERAPEUTIC INJECTION. I WAS MOWING MY YARD OM MAY3RD, AND WHEN I TRIED TO GET OFF MY MOWER, I FELLTO THE GROUND FROM TERRIBLE PAIN. I COULD NOT WALK. I CRAWLED BACK TO MY HOUSE, AND BASICALLY BEEN LAYING THERE EVER SINCE. I HAVE BEEN FALLING DOWN QUITE A BIT LATELY. THE PAIN IS UNBEARABLE. I FELL DOWN LAST WEEK AND VERY BADLY HURT MY LEFT RIBS. HAD MY PTIMARY CARE DOCTOR X-RAY MY RIBS AND THET SAID NOTHING WAS BROKEN. IWAS IN A CAR WRECK SOMETIME IN THE LATE 80 S, AND HAD A REAL HEAVY WATER PIPE DROPPED ON MY BACK IN 1999. THEY SAID IT WAS A SPRAIN. I HAVE HAD 2 IMAGING-GUIDEDTHERAPEUTIC INJECTION SINCE. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT ATHELETE, SO THIS IS STARTING TO WORRY ME, AND MY LOVED ONES. I AM ON SSI, AND LIVE BY MYSELF, SO SORRY I HATE TO SAY I AM ALWAYS PENNYLESS, AND IT S EMBARASING.I HAVE BEEN LOOKING ON A COMPUTOR, AND MOST DR S SAY I NEED SURGERY.I JUST GOT MY MRI BACK, AND IT SAYS I HAVE SERVERE BILATERAL FORMINAL NARROWING. I HAVE HAD SHOTS AND MORE SHOTS, AND THEY ARE DOING NOTHING. I AM IN PAIN RIGHT NOW, AND I AM SICK OF IT. MY PAIN MANAGMENT DOCTOR IS DR. LUVELL GLANTON IN HANNIBAL MO. IWANT TO HAVE SURGERY, IF THERE IS ANY WAY POSSIBLE. MY CLOSET FRIEND HASHAD OVER 200 SHOTS,AND SAID IT S JUST A BANDADE FIX PLEASE HELP MEWELL THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME OUT. WHAT SHOULD I DO?
Thu, 8 Sep 2016
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For your kind of problem when are having repeated episodes of severe pain you need operation to decompress the neural foramina. Get an NCV /EMG tests to decide exact level of nerve involvement , and if matches with MRI report then perhaps surgery is best option
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What Does Severe Bilateral Forminal Narrowing Suggest?

For your kind of problem when are having repeated episodes of severe pain you need operation to decompress the neural foramina. Get an NCV /EMG tests to decide exact level of nerve involvement , and if matches with MRI report then perhaps surgery is best option