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Spinal chord injury

  • 01-04-2018 6:16am
    #1
    funty3000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭


    Hi all, im just posting this as maybe a way of getting help for pain relief or maybe someone knows a specialist i could go and see, if anyone has any information or could give me any ideas on what to do, i would really appreciate it!

    I had a fall in work about 2 years ago and a disc in my neck impinged my spinal chord c6/c7, I spent 6 months in hospital and 3 months in the N.R.H dunlaoire,I had disectomy surgery in the Mather hospital in Dublin with a titanium plate in my neck, I got a lot better in the NRH and was released walking with the aid of a stick, i cannot walk far, 100mtrs at most. my legs seizes up in excruciating pain after that and feels like they are a ton in weight, ive lost 50% feeling in my body maybe more but have full motor skills which is rare, I suffer from extreme pins and needles and unbearable pains from my feet to thighs, both my arms are numb on forearms and get pins and needles there also, ive been on morphine patches, plexia 100mgs, amotripoline, Gabapentin, and numerous others with no relief, ive tried massage (thai and sports) ive tried acupuncture and now im paying for private physio hoping something might work.
    This is going on now over 2 years so it dont look like im going to get any better but i cannot live like this for the rest of my life!

    Im at my wits end and dont know what to do, if anyone has any information that could help i would really appriciate it!


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  • #2
    Gremlinertia
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,977 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    Are you attending a pain clinic?. For me it's done a lot over the years, I'm going to eventually have surgery - a spinal cord stimulator is the option for me apparently, push to see pain consultant and neurologist if possible


  • #3
    funty3000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭funty3000


    Gremlinertia wrote: »
    Are you attending a pain clinic?. For me it's done a lot over the years, I'm going to eventually have surgery - a spinal cord stimulator is the option for me apparently, push to see pain consultant and neurologist if possible

    No im on a waiting list since last summer, i cant get to see a neurologist im after sending letters and so has my doctor, im waiting on an emergency mri since last June in case there is a spur or something after the operation touching my spinal chord, the healthcare in his country is horrific! The head consultant in the nrh after a year checkup told me theres nothing wrong with me, and then asking have i a personnel injury claim going on, in other words im putting this on and am trying to look worse over the claim, ive never heard anything so disgusting coming out of someones mouth, after explaining everything over to her again tho she changed her tune and sent a letter to a pain specialist in Waterford, but he hasn't worked in Waterford since 2013, she also has me on a list for some other scan to see whats blocking the signals from my brain to injury!
    sorry for ranting im just so frustrated with this! ill add an mri scan to show the injury!

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