Posted by twinleaf on October 9, 2010, at 9:56:00
In reply to Re: all the king's horses » floatingbridge, posted by bleauberry on October 9, 2010, at 9:10:00
What bleauberry says is well worth trying. I added T3 to the T4 I had been taking for years, and noted an immediate improvement. (the T3 is very short-acting, so one needs to take it several times a day). I don't have any experience with a trial of antibiotics, but I think it would be much more useful than adding yet another psychotropic at this point. Ruling out a hidden infection, such as Lyme or babeiosis, would be important and safe to do.
My understanding of disc disease is that it follows a similar course for everyone First the discs bulge for a number of months or years; finally they rupture. Gradually, as the years go by, overgrowth of the adjacent bones becomes the main problem.This includes spinal stenosis. narrowing of the foramina where the spinal nerves exit, and bone spur formation. All of this excess bone can press on nerve structures and cause pain and eventually weakness. Not everyone ends up having severe disc disease, of course. Many people just have bulging discs, which hurt occasionally, for their entire lives. But once the discs have ruptured, the process of developing excess bone starts.
Have you had a recent MRI? Getting one, and getting it read by a (younger) neurosurgeon should give you all the information you need. I emphasize "younger" because they are trained in minimally invasive surgery and bone remodeling techniques. The operation to avoid is a fusion, because it leaves the spine abnormalities unchanged and just plasters more bone on the outside.
Stanford is considered to be the finest place in the country to receive neurosurgical training. When you get some of the many other things out of the way, maybe you could get an opinion there?
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