My husband was just told by mri he has an arachnoid cyst right cerebal pontine angle, he has had sytoms for many months, blowing them off since he is an underground miner for over 20 years and works very hard daily, as being tired/exhausted and stressed, he had an accident in nov. 09, where he was hit in the back of the head and neck hard enough that it knocked him completely out, went back to work after 3 days, and about jan. or feb. this year he started having alot of neck pain, Dr. sent him for an mri of the neck, in which showed alot of damage in the neck, but also showed a small part of the brain which came back as abnormal. I have told him it was a blessing that his neck started hurting, because we may have not found the arachnoid cyst. They sent him for an mri w/wout contrast brain scan, which resulted in the arachnoid cyst. I screamed and cried for several hours yesterday, now today, I feel I have to be together and active in his treatment, feeling frustrated that there are so very few Drs. that specialize in this and of course none around us. we live in Kentucky. Not to mention having to make sure that our insurance will be accepted, we have anthem blue cross, Any advice or help, guidance with Doctors would be so appreciated, and by the way and had already visited the awareness site before I found this forum, and it is helpful....thanks for that site. I am scared, confused and trying to be strong for the love of my life, we have been married 22 years, childhood friends most of our life, we have 4 kids and 2 grandbabys...someone please help us! Thanks Rhonda
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My husband was just told by mri he has an arachnoid cyst right cerebal pontine angle, he has had sytoms for many months, blowing them off since he is an underground miner for over 20 years and works very hard daily, as being tired/exhausted and stressed, he had an accident in nov. 09, where he was hit in the back of the head and neck hard enough that it knocked him completely out, went back to work after 3 days, and about jan. or feb. this year he started having alot of neck pain, Dr. sent him for an mri of the neck, in which showed alot of damage in the neck, but also showed a small part of the brain which came back as abnormal. I have told him it was a blessing that his neck started hurting, because we may have not found the arachnoid cyst. They sent him for an mri w/wout contrast brain scan, which resulted in the arachnoid cyst. I screamed and cried for several hours yesterday, now today, I feel I have to be together and active in his treatment, feeling frustrated that there are so very few Drs. that specialize in this and of course none around us. we live in Kentucky. Not to mention having to make sure that our insurance will be accepted, we have anthem blue cross, Any advice or help, guidance with Doctors would be so appreciated, and by the way and had already visited the awareness site before I found this forum, and it is helpful....thanks for that site. I am scared, confused and trying to be strong for the love of my life, we have been married 22 years, childhood friends most of our life, we have 4 kids and 2 grandbabys...someone please help us! Thanks Rhonda
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