Understanding Lesions and Lumbar Disc Disease

[LisaQ.]

OK, now it is starting to come together and make sense.

Doctors will often use the term "lesion" in quite a generic way, indicating a potential problem area as opposed to a specific entity per se'.

We may see the word "lesion," and immediately think "*S," however such is not the case in the medical profession.

I've just drawn up multiple articles online about lumbar disc disease for example, and many of them reference disc "lesions," certainly NOT referring to *s.

The ssep indicates there may be something possibly going on in your l-s spine, so your doc wants a lumbar mri just to be certain.

Just fyi, my *s specialist never ordered the mri of my lumbar spine. She only did cervical and thoracic, even though my symptoms were in my lower extremities. She thought that would be overkill, because if there were any *s lesions of the spine, they would show up on the cervical or thoracic films.

Let us know how it goes....

Blessings,
Sue

 

[GrievingGuru]

Hey Tym2chill, congrats on your license! This is something I have wanted to do also, but still have not made the time yet.

I know that now that you have it, you want to keep it, BUT, what good would a pilot's license be if you were not able to fly anyway? Get whatever tests done that you need to and get it out of the way for piece of mind. If worst case scenario comes to be (and we all hope to God that it doesn't), the earlier they catch something serious, the earlier they can begin to treat it.

I'm getting a spinal MRI as well and although I don't relish the idea, I know that knowing that it is OK (or not) is priority # 1.

The best of luck to you - I know you will be flying with a clear mind in no time!!

Regards,

FasciculatingFool