The rescults of a scan

I wrote this entry yesterday but events happened and it seemed churlish for me to post it, Today as the dust settles and we can beginning to rebuild I feel it is more appropriate to post.


So finally today I got the out come of my wonderful MRI. For days I have been screwed up with worry of what this wonderful technology would find wrong with me. Not once but several times over I feared the worse and mentally made plans.

Well come 10am this morning I found out and even saw the pretty pictures of my insides. For some one who is usually squeamish, I managed to take a constructive view on the slice pictures of my lumbar regions. Once I received biology 101 from my patient consultant he was able to confirm a few things.

Unfortunately I come from a family where curvature of the spine has been hereditary, we always suspected I would be the 4th or 5th generation to have it but it was never noticeable or mentioned by the medical profession. However the scan showed it clear as day but not the whole spine fortunately. I have the s bend in my lower spine. I also have wear and tear on the spinal discs beyond my years but not of great concern. It just reflects the that I will always push myself. So the decision is no surgical answer would be beneficial.

However my muscles connected to my lower back are a mess to put it nicely. There are clear signs of muscles being torn, probably from the car incident a year ago. They have healed incorrectly so the cure is a mixture of heavy duty physiotherapy and to combat the CRPS an increase in pain relief. I am now on a form of pain patch which is like a nicotine patch but with pain killer.

Needless to say I all but cheered this was the best outcome I could wish for. My consultant didn't see it this way and was adamant he would repeat the fact that this out come was more painful than he could explain. But he had to admit that I would be able in time to go back to horse riding and even do the stunt driving course I wanted to do last year. That said I am heading into the void on unknown agony, physiotherapy isn't the most pleasant of treatments, but I would take it over the constraints of operations. To me endless physio is a cleaner option, no week of bed rest or risk of infection.

So I am happy with the results and at least can see a way forward, granted a snail may over take me in the process, but there is a future and that will do me.