Spinal Stenosis
I needed another possible dx thrown at me. I went to the Dr today. It's a fairly lengthy walk to where her office is from the parking lot and for reasons unknown even to me I declined a chair. So, by the time I got there I wasn't really walking. I was a person on two things that looked like legs, with two canes and a husband desperately trying to hold her up. I fell a few times, he always caught me. God Bless the man. The Dr was very concerned, as was the nurse, when I walked (well, whatever I did) into the office. I didn't look at them. I got into the room I was supposed to be in and fell into the chair. Then I met their eyes. Thats the thing with having a dr who truly cares about you, watching the emotion in their eyes when they see something like this happening to you. All professional, yes. But a heckuva lot of caring too. I walked for her, across the office. Well, I tried. I grabbed marks hand on the way by going one way and didn't move from hanging on to the desk coming back until I had both their hands. She's sending me for an emergency CT of the spine, and tomorrow I see Dr Pniak (neurologist). It "could" be spinal stenosis, which is correctable with surgery. Spinal surgery terrifies me, and yet.... "correctable" is appealing to me I must say.
so. Thats where I'm at. I have a walker which does do a better job than the two canes was doing. Mark and Katie attached a back back to it so I can carry my 'stuff'. Tonight I want nothing more than to climb into the tub, but hubbie went to work and I don't know that I could get out -- so the jury is out on that one. Tonight, for the first time in forever, I didn't say goodbye to hubbie at the door, standing there waving at him as he drove away. 
Some changes really suck and while that may be a small one it's a hard one for me.
It may be MS, it maybe me stenosis, nobody knows. The CT will tell us yes or no on the stenosis and we can go from there.
Welcome to a little bit of my world!
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:38 pm
I’m so sorry that you are going through such a scary and difficult time right now! I am wishing you all the best and hope that whatever is wrong it is “correctable.”
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:12 pm
So the one has nothing to do with the other? What does this all mean anyway…spinal stenosis??
Thinking about you and praying for you.
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Big (((((Hugs))))) and prayers.
August 25th, 2008 at 12:31 am
Hi, I just had an MRI and found out that I also have stenosis. My pain doctor says to start conservatively with physical therapy. If that doesn’t help, he will do injections into my back. If that is not effective, THEN he will consider recommending surgery. He said that is what he would do for himself if he had my diagnosis. I know it hurts a lot. I am just glad to know that there are treatment options. Take care. Ginny