lostinlouisville
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Hi guys, I was going to wait to post this after my Neurosurgeon apt. but who knows how long that will be and a couple of you have asked in pm's about my MRI, so I will tell you what I know. The nurse from my DR. office is the only one I have spoke with so not many details. They found a tumor {probably benign} at c3 c4 which is causing a pretty good size protrusion there and some degenerate disc changes from c5 - c7. She told me the DR. is sending me to surgeon and he will probably want to MRI my complete spine because these kind tumors have a way of being in more than one spot. My blood work was a little troublesome with elevated WBC and a thing called a D-DIMER. The d-dimer has been a question mark for a little over a year. It is a test to check for blood clots but I was told a year ago it could show you that there is a tumor somewhere. They checked me out last year and found nothing. A normal D-DIMER level is .5 last year mine was 1.1 and now is 1.9, so really just high. I don't know much more than this, even though Write had been helpful in a PM. I wondered about hand atrophy from c3 and 4 or if it effects legs, Write said legs, yes. Hands, no. So I guess I am just waiting for apt. Thanks for all your concern and you all are in my prayers.