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29. August 2010 by Don Ebuen.
Had a very scary consultation on Friday with my new Orthopaedic doctor Dr Rah. I went into the consultation knowing I had possibly multiple protrusions in my back. My meeting with Dr Rah confirmed I actually had 4 protrusions with my C6/7 disc in my back being the worst - 7mm!!! As Dr Rah put it “It’s not good, but I’ve seen worst. It is bad though. I would say on a scale of 1-10, its a 7 or 8.”
He went on to explain that based on my MRI I have a chronic back problem thats been manifesting for a while. Both fortunately and unfortunately for me he accounted my lack of symptoms to a high tolerance for pain and my body adjusting to the problem. Fortunate because it has allowed me to continue living a very active lifestyle…and unfortunate because my body wasn’t able to tell me something was wrong until it was really bad. I like to think of it like a person with a high tolerance for alcohol. They can drink and drink and drink and feel normal but when they take a breathalizer test they’re way over the limit. It’s a scary feeling.
What’s even scarier is Dr Rah explained that it could get worse and be very dangerous for me and it was only a few days ago I was contemplating getting back on the mat.
Dr Rah recommended I continue rehabilitation at Omega and to see him in 6 weeks. I asked him if I could get the cortisone shot to help with the pain. He wrote me a prescription but the doctor’s office that he referred me to was closed….so I was stuck with another weekend of pain.
I will be caling Dr Lin first thing in the morning and setting up my appointment for the shot. I’ll be in touch.
D
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