Verdict from neurosurgeon is in...
Diagnosis: Cervical Stenosis
http://www.umm.edu/spinecenter/educa...l_stenosis.htm
Prognosis without surgery: Permanent nerve damage possibly paralysis.
Very little can be done to heal or fix this with non surgical treatment like PT. No drug therapy can solve this.
Surgical solution is ACDF, Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnxDlSTCznA
SHould bring full relief. Because of my situation (Bilateral AKA) and physical needs, I will be staying in a live-in rehab center for two weeks to a month post-op to be able to heal with as little movement/exertion as possible on my part, to allow it to heal completely so I can go back to full activity. I have to have the surgery. Don't know when yet, waiting for a call from the surgery scheduler. I hope it's asap... It's getting worse even in the past week since I went to see the doctor first time, pain, numbness, weakness, losing feeling in my fingers left hand/arm.
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