Turns out I have a disc bulge between two of my cervicals and it’s pinching a nerve, which is very very painful and weakening my arm and finger sensitivity.

I’m not here asking for advice, rather to get an idea of what’s down the road for me depending on the type of treatment I’ll end up following. I am seeing a doctor, I have an appointment tomorrow. I also had a CT scan done.

So basically if you’ve had something similar anywhere on your spine I’d appreciate to know about it. Did you recover fully? How long did it take? What treatment did you follow? Did you complement it with anything such as specialized exercises, acupuncture, massage or else?

  • MothraOP
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    2 months ago

    So if the knee is still numb- you didn’t recover fully, is that correct? Was this recent or a long time ago?

    Will keep in mind the muscle strengthening, I’m sure I’ll get a referral for a physiotherapist at some point.

    • KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      At least for me, even though I’ve recovered full movement and only have minor to moderate pain after activities which stress the area - the pinched nerve was damaged for long enough that I will have surface numbness on parts of my leg for the rest of my life.

      • MothraOP
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        2 months ago

        I don’t know if you’re the same person using a different account, but, for how long was the nerve damaged so that it was unrecoverable? Days, weeks, months?

        • KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          2 months ago

          Nah, sorry, different person than you were initially responding to. I was out to breakfast and just wrote that quickly on my phone.

          It was pinched for about 3-4 weeks before my physical therapist finally realized what I’d told him at the start - that my calf was literally paralyzed. He was like, “Oh… that’s, that’s not good. You need to go to the spine doctor like, immediately.” (Dude sucked, but it was the very beginning of COVID so my options were limited.)

          Got me in to see the spine doc the next day and I got emergency cortisone injections by the end of the week.

          I got usage of my calf back, and significant reduction in pain. But I never got back the full amount of feeling in the right two toes of my right foot, that side of that foot, and stretching up to about mid shin height on the same side. I have pressure sensitivity still. And even touch, kinda. It’s like when a limb is asleep. But fuck it I’ll take that over the feeling of daggers and lava I had before.