countrygirl
23-01-12, 11:51
I have at least two herniated discs in my lumbar spine ( also severe arthritis in neck) and my last mri scan was 3 years ago for lumbar spine. I can have months where my lower back is not so bad in that I don't have to take painkillers every day but then I will get time where I bend over and my back goes. This happened on xmas morning and from past experience it can take months before it settles back to its usual annoying self.
The previous time this happened about 16 months ago my Dr said I did not need another mri scan as they knew what was wrong with my back and as it did improve I left it at that as I believed him.
Trouble is this time that in past few weeks a friends husband who has been battling chronic lymphoma for past 20 years which has now turned very very agressive and is now terminal had been experiencing severe sciatica or what they thought was sciatica with pain in his leg but because of his lymphoma ( he has just finished another chemo) they did an mri and the lymphoma is all around his spine and it is this that is pressing on the nerve to his leg. He also developed a large lump in his back as well.
Now common sense tells me that there is no earthly reason for me to worry that my bad back is from anything horrible like his is. I have had this for many years, I have had 2 lumbar mri scans in last 5 years but because it is 3 years since my last one and this time I am not getting better as quick as I have in the past I am at the "what if" stage of ha:lac:
The ha part of me wants to rush to the Dr and beg for another lumbar mri to check that it is "just" still my herniated discs but I know that he will tell me I don't need one and I know that I do not really need one either.
What do I do:shrug::shrug::shrug:
The previous time this happened about 16 months ago my Dr said I did not need another mri scan as they knew what was wrong with my back and as it did improve I left it at that as I believed him.
Trouble is this time that in past few weeks a friends husband who has been battling chronic lymphoma for past 20 years which has now turned very very agressive and is now terminal had been experiencing severe sciatica or what they thought was sciatica with pain in his leg but because of his lymphoma ( he has just finished another chemo) they did an mri and the lymphoma is all around his spine and it is this that is pressing on the nerve to his leg. He also developed a large lump in his back as well.
Now common sense tells me that there is no earthly reason for me to worry that my bad back is from anything horrible like his is. I have had this for many years, I have had 2 lumbar mri scans in last 5 years but because it is 3 years since my last one and this time I am not getting better as quick as I have in the past I am at the "what if" stage of ha:lac:
The ha part of me wants to rush to the Dr and beg for another lumbar mri to check that it is "just" still my herniated discs but I know that he will tell me I don't need one and I know that I do not really need one either.
What do I do:shrug::shrug::shrug: