Post by gb2847 on Jul 9, 2021 21:16:08 GMT -6
I have lots of medical conditions, including degenerative arthritis, osteo pinea, and osteoporosis. It started over 20 years ago, so I am used to the slow decline. I am in my mid 50's.sical therapy. I had to stop the PT because I was in more pain by the time I went home, and it was only stretching. The x-rays showed spondylolisthesis in the L5-S1 region.
The MRI one month ago showed a "6mm ovoid nodule" in the posterior right of the L4 area of my spinal cord. My primary doc told me to get to a neurosurgeon, and then get a 2nd opinion from another.
The 1st neurosurgeon did his own x-rays and an MRI with contrast (1 month after the 1st MRI). This MRI report said that the tumor was 4x5x8mm. I am guessing the original MRI report just included the length, which means that it has grown 2mm, 33% larger, in 1 month's time. This would make the doubling time 72 days.
Is this a fast growth rate? The 1st neurosurgeon denies that it grew, regardless of the reports, and insists that my spine is fine. Even before the MRI, he seemed to not want to take me seriously, and really played down the reports from my local radiologist. I
I get my 2nd opinion next week. I know that this kind of tumor is usually benign, but I have a long family history of rare conditions. It took Stanford a full month to diagnosis my mom's biopsy to discover it was spindle cell sarcoma, which was very rare and poorly understood at the time. My daughter has a rare genetic condition, and I have had rare and perplexing things (even to the professionals) many times. I am only in my mid 50's, but my arthritis specialist and my primary doctor each told me than my arthritis is more like their patients over 70.
Again, my main question here is: is my tumor growth considered to be fast by most standards?
Thanks!
Gb
The MRI one month ago showed a "6mm ovoid nodule" in the posterior right of the L4 area of my spinal cord. My primary doc told me to get to a neurosurgeon, and then get a 2nd opinion from another.
The 1st neurosurgeon did his own x-rays and an MRI with contrast (1 month after the 1st MRI). This MRI report said that the tumor was 4x5x8mm. I am guessing the original MRI report just included the length, which means that it has grown 2mm, 33% larger, in 1 month's time. This would make the doubling time 72 days.
Is this a fast growth rate? The 1st neurosurgeon denies that it grew, regardless of the reports, and insists that my spine is fine. Even before the MRI, he seemed to not want to take me seriously, and really played down the reports from my local radiologist. I
I get my 2nd opinion next week. I know that this kind of tumor is usually benign, but I have a long family history of rare conditions. It took Stanford a full month to diagnosis my mom's biopsy to discover it was spindle cell sarcoma, which was very rare and poorly understood at the time. My daughter has a rare genetic condition, and I have had rare and perplexing things (even to the professionals) many times. I am only in my mid 50's, but my arthritis specialist and my primary doctor each told me than my arthritis is more like their patients over 70.
Again, my main question here is: is my tumor growth considered to be fast by most standards?
Thanks!
Gb