| Puddin' Man 2006-07-27, 4:24 pm |
| On 26 Jul 2006 23:26:44 -0700, "monty" <hoaxcrusher@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>This may be totally unrelated but I have to ask. I had to have a
>laminectomy in 2003.
Involving which vertebrae?
>Everything was fine until my back "went out"
>again three weeks ago. I had an MRI and it show two herniated disks
>and post operative scaring. The pain is in the lower left side of my
>back. I am still in a lot of pain but better than I was. This past
>weekend I noticed that my pinky finger on my left hand was numb and it
>still is. It sounds strange but is it possibly related to my back
>problem?
I assume the herniations etc are in the lo back.
"Referred" pain from lo-back is usually felt in legs, ankles, feet.
"Referred" pain from upper-back problems (i.e. cervical spondylosis)
is usually felt in arms, wrists, hands.
In either case, as I understand it (per my ortho), the pain need not
be
symmetrical (i.e. in both limbs).
Have you had imaging done on your neck? If you have radiologists
reports from X-ray, MRI, etc, what do they say?
Hope it helps ...
Puddin'
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