I was originally fused from my skull to T1.. The doctors at Craig then removed some to give me head movement... But I haven't felt what your describing.. I think any grinding is bad and should be checked.. Better safe than sorry!
Danny Espinoza 24/m/California Occupation before accident - Network engineer / SR. Network security engineer Broke c2,c6,c7 and doner bone at c2 TBI from blood going to central cortex from spinal cord off a vent "woohoo" however only one diaphragm works right now "due to asymmetric SCI" http://secureminds.us/ From: Stacy Harim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 4:52 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] spinal fusion For those of you who dont know, I had to have my spine fused in several places last May. Well it really began hurting last week like something was rubbing. After the fusion was done, I had to have a screw removed b/c it was too close to my aeorta so I worried something was shifting and went to my doctor. My neurosurgeon is out of town so I went to my pain doc bc he used to be a neurosurgeon at the University of MD. We had xrays done and he doesnt see anything that would require me to have surgery, but I am in unbelievable pain to the point I can barely move and its in more than one spot. Has anyone else had any experience with the rods rubbing a bit or a screw? I am hoping after taking it easy for awhile the pain will go down but it has been getting a little bit worse every day and today it's about the same. It doesnt hurt as much if I am laying down on my side without moving too suddenly but it does hurt more to sit up and hurts a lot to adjust myself while laying down the first time for the day. I've been staying in bed a lot hoping I can get the pain down as pain meds arent helping very much. If anyone has any ideas on how to try to get the pain withstandable, I would apppreciate it. I have 3 cages and rods from top of tspine. One cage replaces T 4,5,6,7 and maybe 8; another replaces T 11,12; and another replaces L 4,5, and maybe 6. There is about 7 or 8 discs missing in all. In the lumbar section there are a couple of sets of rods with rods next to rods. Lots of metal!!! I tried to put a pic in but it couldnt be delivered. Anyone else have this much metal? Stacy _____ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http:/mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8H DtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ%20> it now.
