Doug Pariseau said: June 4, 2010 7:37 pm PST
I suffered debiltating headaches, as well as some other less prominent symptoms for years. At times, i waas truly scared by what may be wrong with me. The doctors I saw, as well as the first nuerosurgeon I saw, did nothing but perscribe migrain med afte migraine med, even though the symptoms did not suggest migraines at all. Only recently was I finally belssed by being referred to a new neurosurgeon, Dr. Petra Klinge with the Neurosurgery Foundation in Providence, RI. It took her almost no time to figure out what she was looking for and with in days she was showing me MRI pictures and explaining exactly what my problem was. To make avery long story short, my problem was originally caused by a pseudofusion of the C1 and C2 which was crushing my spinal cord and caused a large syrinx. Dr. Klinge performed surgery 2 days ago to repair the the pseudofusion. She also need to remove numerous adhesions that a formed and what she described to me as a sort of a tethering which had fromed and was also making the syrinx worse. Overall, it was a whole lot of damage that would probably have never gotten as bad as it did if someone had diagnosed it years ago. The surgery probably happened just in a knick of time and I don't feel like I'm exagerating at all to say this Doctor has truly changed my life, if not saved it in general. She has definately saved my career and ensured that I will not lose the ability to do the simple, important things in life like pick up my children or take a painless walk. I'm still in the sore recovery stage, but I will be sure to update later after I've healed and share how things change for me. In the meantime, I really just wanted to wish you all the best luck with your issues and I hope that you all find your Dr. Klinge. If you are anywhwere near the Providence area, I can not recommend enough that you try to see this surgeon.