Hi poollady ~ I am so sorry your Myelogram was painful. Just like you mine was as well. When I had mine done they did both the cervical and lumbar spine. I ready didn't expect it to be as painful as it was. I was surprised to say the least. The best way for me to say the way it felt when they tilted the table was like extreme pain pressure to the... more

Hi Nico2 ~ Welcome to the board. I am fused from C3 - C7 after 3 surgeries. I am fused anterior with bone graft, plate and screws and posterior with bone graft, rods and screws. My ROM (Range of Motion) is some what more limited than you may have because I have 2 more levels done. The higher up they go with fusing the more limited you will be. ... more

Hi ritaac ~ That means the opening where the nerve comes through "foramen" is narrowed "stenosis". Sounds like you may have bone spurs at that level. Foramen: A small opening, orifice, or perforation. Used when something, e.g. nerve, blood vessel, notochord, passes through the opening. Plural foramina. Stenosis: A stenosis is an abnormal na... more