Nemo
how did the pictures look? Could you see anything like arthritis spurs in and on your spine or vertebrae?
What about the two cracked, broke vertebra you had mentioned?
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was these pics better or worse?
LAstly,
An XRAY is a start, but to really see what the problems are that are causing the pain, youneed to be able to see SOFT tissues as well as bone and that is where the MRI scan comes in...
In Ohio we have ap lace called affordable imaging where you can get an MRI for $395 plus the radiology report and the MRI on a disc to take to your doc... Cash.
That's pretty good. I had my mri done there a couple years ago for my spinal issue I had that last surgery for.
You really need an mri of the spine area that is the problem and possibly a CT SCAN that shows the reverse side of the MRI . The MRI will not show you the entire 360 degree view of the spine. Thisis what Dr. Saul had done to see what my problems were the first time whenother orthopedics could not see the problems from a standard MRI.