u/palebluebLiss

New, AWD, with the two additional packages (moonroof and comfort/convenience) I wanted and the exact (and only) color I want. I've been looking at 26's, but what I want isn't priced this good! In a different state, two hours away. I am waiting to hear from the dealer tomorrow and get an OTD price, and figure out my financing options.

Please tell me I can be comfortable getting by using public chargers until we can run electricity out to our shed! Car is like 35 feet from the current electric source on our deck, and we gotta trench things up to run it out to our shed I park next to.

Had ACDF C4-7 on May 19th. What have yall found helpful for your incision care and for scarring? I'm not to the point of being able to use scar gels and such or really anything just yet. My recheck is on Friday, so I am waiting. However, it's quite rough and dry, and I'm just trying to plan ahead for softening it.

40f. I've had back and neck issues my whole life. No curvature in my spine for at least the last ten years. MRIs never approved despite 2-3 months once every year or two of terrible neck pain. PT, never any other treatment. The last two months have been bad. Two weeks ago, it kicked it up to a whole new level of 10/10 pain and burning down my right shoulder. Urgent care to primary, referral to ortho, and having the surgeon tell me I NEED surgery in under 2 weeks. He said severe cord compression on the right and a congenitally narrow cord canal, making it worse. Mild fine motor decrease in fingers and some tingling when I piss it off by doing... anything, really. Surgery is scheduled for Tuesday as he says I am not a candidate for conservative treatment and to "not mess around." Surgeons' reviews make him seem like a surgical demigod. So, here we go? Ah!

MRI findings below.

FINDINGS:

Straightening of the normal cervical lordosis. Minimal anterolisthesis of C2 on C3. Maintained vertebral body heights. No acute fracture. No traumatic malalignment.

Background bone marrow signal is normal part from small T2 hyperintense fat suppressing lesions compatible with hemangiomas including C7 vertebral body 7 mm lesion and a T2 vertebral body 9 mm lesion.

Deformity of the cord predominantly C4-C5 where there is flattening of the right cord, and to a similar but slightly lesser severity at C6-C7. No definite cord signal abnormality.

Visualized contents of the posterior fossa are unremarkable. Cerebellar tonsils are appropriately positioned.

Prevertebral and paraspinous soft tissues are unremarkable. Major arterial flow voids in the neck are preserved.

There is developmental spinal canal stenosis with superimposed degenerative changes throughout.

C1-C2: Normal atlantodental and atlantoaxial articulations. No spinal canal narrowing.

C2-C3: Shallow disc bulge. No spinal canal or neural foraminal narrowing.

C3-C4: Small central disc protrusion with mild spinal canal narrowing. No neural foraminal narrowing.

C4-C5: Right paracentral disc extrusion measuring 9 x 6 mm in craniocaudal and anteroposterior dimensions, resulting in moderate right subarticular zone narrowing and abutment/deformity of the cord with mild cord deformity. Uncovertebral osteophytes.

C5-C6: Shallow disc bulge. No spinal canal or neural foraminal narrowing.

C6-C7: Right paracentral disc extrusion measuring 9 x 5 mm in craniocaudal and anteroposterior dimensions, resulting in moderate right subarticular zone narrowing and abutment of the cord with mild cord flattening.

C7-T1: No disc herniation or disc-osteophyte complex. No spinal canal or neural foraminal narrowing.

Visualized portion of the upper thoracic spine (included on sagittal images): No high-grade spinal canal or neural foraminal narrowing.

IMPRESSION:

Right paracentral disc extrusion at C4-C5 with moderate spinal canal/right subarticular zone narrowing with focal cord flattening.

Smaller right paracentral disc extrusion at C6-C7 with moderate right subarticular zone narrowing and mild focal cord flattening.

Small central/left paracentral disc protrusion at C3-C4 with mild spinal canal narrowing.