I have been experiencing some numbness down my right arm to my thumb, and constant pain, almost like growing pains in my right arm between triceps and bicep. No loss of strength, but often experience extreme pain in back behind shoulder blade when I try to prop myself up with right arm when had been laying down. Went to Neuro doctor today with MRI's and he told me I have bone spurs on right side c5 and left side c6. He gave me 3 options, and it is my decision as it really is a quality of life issue. I am 50 years old and always pretty active, but due to this pain have been not working out for the past 2 months. The 3 options are to just observe it for the next 4-6 weeks and see if the nerve will try to adjust to the compression of the spur; next option is to get 3 steroid injections into the affected area to minimize the swelling to allow for the nerve and area to recover, this may solve the issue; and the last option is surgery with fusion of c5 to c6, this procedure is approximately 80-85% successful, and out 6-8 weeks of work. I am really torn at this time, any ideas?
John
2007-09-29
17:29:44
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