Wise Young

my son has a t-11 injuries 3 years ago but is still needing to wear a diaper for
protection he takes enablex 15 my any suggestions.....also how do i post this to the community

Hi Doctor Wise,

I have read a lot about you and your works, interviews and presentation concerning spinal cord injuries. My goddaugther had a car accident on June 19th 2006 and she has been paraplegic since this date. Her spinal cord has not been completly broken, she has been injured because of an effusion at T11. She has never been operated on. She can walk few minutes with crutches but not for long as she becomes very tired quickly.
She is catheterized five times a day. She does not feel anything under her ankle and so she could not move her feet. From her knees she has some feelings but not on all parties. The quadriceps femoris is 100% OK but her bottom muscle is very weak. She will have 10 years old and I am searching for countries where she could have stem cells transplantation. I know that in China some hospitals're doing this. Could you suggest one for me ?

Many thanks for your kind help.

Kind regards,
Eszter

Uh oh!

Dear Dr. Young,

I am a 41 year old male, diagnose with Dehydration and Protrusion in Central disc (L3-L4) with mild stress on Thecal Sac. Also Dehydration and paracentral right herniation of disc with mild stress on nerve root. The rest of the discs have normal view.

I had a fall from the roof of a 2-storey building 11 years ago and my L3 Vertebra cracked. In my MRI, you can visibly see the L3 protruded a bit on the lower edge towards the Thecal Sac. The L3-L4 disc is also protruded toward the lower part of the Thecal Sac. I had little pain in my back once every now and then and sometime the pain made me stand a little curved or sometime skewed and imbalanced for 1 minute or more. Besides all this, I had no pain or numbness until I had an MRI taken. Since then, I've had pain experience in my back, in my abductor muscles and I feel heat in my leg, sometimes in my back.

Dear Dr. Young,

I was wondering if you had received my PM earlier. If so, kindly instruct me how to get the images to you.

Best Regards,

Alex

alex.ahmadii@gmail.com

Dear Dr. Young,

I have already sent you private message.
I just wanted to take time to express my heartiest gratitude for everything you are doing to help people.
I have been following many of your articles on Yahoo Health and on this website and I was really impressed by your broad knowledge as well as your generosity in giving it.
I don't know if you have received my email yet. Is there a way I can attach some MRI Scans to you?

Thanks again a million times for all you do,

Alex,

Hello Dr. Young. I was diagnosed with Transverse Myelitis about 1 1/2 years ago. I never even knew I had it until a lesion was accidentally discovered on an MRI. In recent months I decided to follow up at UT Southwestern Medical Center only to find out that I have a 50% chance of converting over to MS. All of my tests were normal except for extremely low Vit. D level (15) and CSF showed 8 Oligoclonal Bands. I have now completed all testing. The MRIs of my brain and cervical spine were ok but there was a remark in the T-Spine report stating that there was "a linear T2 hypersignal intensities seen within the spinal cord likely representing a syrinx extending from T1 to T4, and T5 through T8-9 levels". Please help. I am waiting for a call from my doctor, but meanwhile I am making myself sick with worry. I have no idea if this is considered large and nothing else shows on my MRIs to indicate what may have caused this.

Thank you so much!

Louanne

Hello Dr. Young. Let me say I just finished reading your article on Yahoo Health and enjoyed it very much.

I was wondering how your research may pertain to Spina Bifida?

Our 4 year old was born with myelomeningocele. She has dual hip dysplasia with feeling and movement to about mid thigh. She has no sensation or movement below the knee. We've been told her lesion level is anywhere from L1 to L4 but anyone with a child with SB knows lesion level doesn't really matter. We know plenty of children with a lower lesion with even less function and vice versa.

So as it pertains to your research do you see a window of opportunity for people with SB to possibly benefit from your research?

Thank you Doctor.

Craig

Hi Dr. Young,
I have a C-4 spinal cord injury wish I sustained and October of 2004. Since then I have been very healthy and have never had much of any nerve pain, but for some reason on Wednesday morning I woke up with pretty strong nerve pain throughout my body. It has stayed constant since then. I met with a doctor this morning and they informed me that I should see a neurologist, so I set an appointment with a neurologist on Monday morning. I fear that I have syringomyelia since I have no other issues (skin, bladder, bowels). I think I need to ask the neurologist to get an MRI of my spinal cord to see if that is the problem. What would you suggest?
Thanks