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[azekeil]

I had my second appointment with the back doc today. There's nothing unusual in the blood they took. He's still not sure what it could be (he did keep saying it was unusual), but he thinks it could be from an injury. Here's a picture of the most useful MRI scan slice:



The scan shows the presence of water. Light is a high presence of water, dark is low.

Bones should generally be dark. You can see the problem - the fifth one up is quite white, and the disc looks a little squashed and misshapen. The 'hole' in the vertebrae under the disk is a Shmorl's node, apparently. These can form as the body grows, or as the result of an injury.

It is possible that I injured (fractured) my back, and this is the fallout.

Given that the pain is manageable, the alternatives are invasive and not without risk, and that there's little risk to leaving it for the intervening period, we decided that I should have a different type of scan shortly, and finally another MRI scan in 6 weeks to check progress.

So, no real conclusion as yet..

Comments

[diffrentcolours]

I can totally see your butt.

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

EXTREME NAKED PHOTOS.

I'm clearly attempting to set a new trend.

[air-bizkit.livejournal.com]

No conclusion?

But there is!

You're already dead. You're just not lying down yet.

:P

[sarah-mum.livejournal.com]

You should totally get that printed onto a t-shirt.

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

On to the sides of the t-shirt, mirrored as appropriate? :)

[cryx]

It is cool looking at your innards. It's not cool that you have a poorly back. It is cool that it's obviously different on the scan, so it's not 'just a weight thing' as you've mentioned that some people have said before.

[beeby.livejournal.com]

Ask any doctor what they think of your taking up pilates. It's a way of exercising that strengthens those muscles which support the spine, making the spine and any pain suffered within it virtually if not entirely go away.

I went for a year to weekly classes then had to stop because of redundancy. However, the benefits have lasted with my doing nothing at home to help: I can garden for hours where before I couldn't. Look into it and the best of luck.