Thanks 🙏 Bobbie "You must fail in order to succeed"
> On Jan 24, 2017, at 12:50 AM, Robert Vogel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Bobbie and all, > > There has already been much excellent information shard about about > Syringomelia (Syrinx) on this site including (I forgot the person that > mentioned Dr. Scott Falci Craig hospital (as well as Dr. Barth Green at the > Miami Project) as being the top people > in the field in terms of Syrinx and SCI. Dr. Falci and Charolette (sp?)at > Craig Neurosurgery are very good at answering questions and providing > information about Syrinx, based on symptoms etc. over the phone—Dr. Falci has > performed well over 1000 Syrinx surgeries and helps you figure out, via phone > based on symptoms, statistics, and his experience (he has operated on well > over people with Syrinx’s) when one needs treatment (surgery) vs. when to > leave it alone. > > Here is a link to an article I wrote for New Mobility magazine about SCI and > Syrinx, hope the information is helpful. > http://www.newmobility.com/2011/01/paramedic-syrinx-and-pain/ > > Bob Vogel > >> On Jan 23, 2017, at 6:26 PM, Bobbie Humphreys <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> It is well over 50% of spinal cord injury who develop a syrinx, some with in >> a month of injury some many years and then others ... never. >> Bobbie >> >> "You must fail in order to succeed" >> >>> On Jan 22, 2017, at 8:02 PM, Lori Michaelson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Yes, I have known for years that 3 to 4% of persons with traumatic spinal >>> cord injuries get posttraumatic syndrome syringomyelia and I fell into that >>> 3% with severe symptoms whereby I had to quit work. >>> >>> Those "others" are able-bodied people who developed a form of syringomyelia >>> called Chiari Malformation. Even though vastly different they have the same >>> type of "syrinx." >>> >>> It is similar in that a Chiari Malformation it is an abnormal collection of >>> CSF [cerebral spinal fluid] in the spinal cord (syrinx) and is also >>> confirmed by cine MRI and causes severe or worsening symptoms. >>> >>> ~Lori >>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 10:45 PM, Aaron Mann <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> More info: "Approximately 3-4% of persons with traumatic SCI develop >>>> clinically symptomatic PTS. A larger percentage of persons have clinically >>>> silent syrinx cavities diagnosed by imaging techniques." >>>> >>>> http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/322348-overview >>>> ​ >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and >>> heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean >>> Koontz >
