tag0620
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- Joined
- Nov 18, 2008
- Messages
- 175
- Diagnosis
- 11/2008
- Country
- US
- State
- ut
- City
- park city
It's official! We're getting surgery on Jim's thoracic herniated disc!
It's taken almost 7 months of FIGHTING, but they believe that his als diagnosis WAS a MISDIAGNOSIS!
His disc is rubbing on and moving his spinal cord and each movement causes what the surgeon was calling multiple mini traumas to the spinal cord.
We go in first thing Monday morning to meet with another neurosurgeon...but here's another bit of good news...he's an endoscopic specialist. They think that he's the perfect candidate for the thorascopic surgery instead of the full open thoracotomy. They got him in for an immediate CT scan to see if the disc has calcified or not...but if it's still soft disc material...they'll attempt the endoscopic surgery.
We'll find out more Monday morning and I'll keep you all updated.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for your compassion, your thoughts and prayers, and your support in trying to keep my sanity!
(((HUGE hugs)))
Tracy
It's taken almost 7 months of FIGHTING, but they believe that his als diagnosis WAS a MISDIAGNOSIS!
His disc is rubbing on and moving his spinal cord and each movement causes what the surgeon was calling multiple mini traumas to the spinal cord.
We go in first thing Monday morning to meet with another neurosurgeon...but here's another bit of good news...he's an endoscopic specialist. They think that he's the perfect candidate for the thorascopic surgery instead of the full open thoracotomy. They got him in for an immediate CT scan to see if the disc has calcified or not...but if it's still soft disc material...they'll attempt the endoscopic surgery.
We'll find out more Monday morning and I'll keep you all updated.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for your compassion, your thoughts and prayers, and your support in trying to keep my sanity!
(((HUGE hugs)))
Tracy