Just wanted to do a short post because I guess you must be wondering by now how I did with the open MRI and EMG. Open MRI was a success and I just wonder why anyone would ever do any other type. I had the EMG (Electromyography) on the same day I did the MRI's. I decided if I was to be tortured, I just wanted it all to be over in the same day. So the day after picking up the new puppies (which I will write about next), I went and had all of these tests done. For those of you in the know, my Orthopedic told me that the EMG would be extremely painful and yes, it was uncomfortable but nowhere even close to the pain I have everyday caused by this neck/back problem.
I went back for results for all of those tests this past Monday (10/18). Everything they indicated and more is going on in my back. In addition to the pain, I also have frequent numbness in my hands and lower arms. In addition to feeling very strange it causes some clumsy moves from time-to- time. The results affirmed the arthritis in the back and that is causing a narrowing of where the nerves enter the spinal cord, hence the numbness. There is a similar problem in my lower back. With that my doctor discharged me to a back doctor, who very appropriately is named Dr. Rumi. (I wonder just how many patients he has with arthritis?) It's kind of like going to a podiatrist called Dr. Corn or Dr. Foot. It does make me laugh when I think about it. I always thought that list of doctors that comes across in my email once in a while was fictitious. I guess there really are doctors with names appropriate for their chosen specialty. Laugh here because I know you all thought they were fake too.
Monday morning I will get up with a positive attitude and go see Doctor Rumi to see if there is anything he can do to improve my painful status. That way I could stay on here just a little longer and get some things (writing) done.
With that said, for most people all of this would be a bad thing but I choose to make it a "back" thing and plug along the only way I know how...forward.
Be well until next time...
~D
