This is the Pain (Part VI)

Since last time (and this) I figured it was time for an update. I saw the pain management doctor (who gave me the injections) and he said I needed to have part of my spine widened since the injections did not work. The “spine hole widening” is a surgical procedure, so he suggested I see a surgeon. So I did. The surgeon looked at my MRI and said “You’ve got a senovial cyst!” So yeah, there is a cyst on my spine pressing against the nerve that runs down my right leg, hence the terrible horrible pain in my right leg. If you want to get technical I need a Laminotomy which is the opening of the space around the nerve, in this case by removing the cyst. (A Laminectomy on the other hand, is removal of part of the spine. Luckily a Laminotomy is a somewhat less invasive procedure.) It seems plenty of (older) people get these cysts but never even know it because they do not cause any pain. Lucky me! Other fun things from the diagnosis: “severe lumbar spinal canal stenosis” and “multilevel…