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Originally Posted by javadog
When my wife had a problem that the local doctors couldn’t get there heads around, we went to the Mayo clinic.
Pretty sure they have one in the Phoenix area.
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Good advice.
Just today I had a conversation with a friend I hadn't seen in several months. He said he is recovering from spinal cord surgery. Way up by his neck, somehow one of his vertebrae was constricting his spinal cord.
He was experiencing all kinds of numbness in his arms and hands and sometimes electrical shocks throughout his upper body (as he put it) when he moved a certain way.
He got a diagnosis from the Mayo Clinic.
Then he set about doing research on what doctor/surgeon to use for help.
Ended up with one from South Florida who practised the "least invasive methods as possible".
The procedure involved slicing the vertebrae in 2 places so it opened up like a door. The surgeon pried it open and they placed/wedged a piece of cadaver bone in the opening.
He had to go through some pre-surgery protocols ahead of the operation and of course post-op ones including wearing a collar plus PT.
The doc told him ultimately he'd lose up to 5% of his head movement range up and down. But he's doing pretty good right now. The operation was back in April. He and his wife rode their bikes this morning to the local coffee shop and then they did some paddleboarding in the Intracoastal behind us. He also went surfing yesterday with his son.
So yeah - maybe the Mayo Clinic for starters. Then find a good doc. They are out there.