I'm also following this thread because recently the noise in my neck has come back and with it a painful stiff neck and now intermittent left arm numbness. Got the shock of my life when the neurologist looked at a 2006 CD MRI of my brain and said I'd had a few TIAs and need to lower my HBP to avoid a major one. I went into mild panic, because a few years ago when I had experienced what I thought was stroke-like symptoms and gone to the ER, the doc had said in passing that I had had a TIA. I guess the shock this time is the casualness with which the findings were mentioned. So I focused on the news and left the neuro's office forgetting to find out about the noise. Luckily for me he asked to repeat the MRI of cervical spine, so hopefully something will show to give a clue, and then I can discuss in depth my current status. I'm clearly 50 pounds overweight even if the doc says slightly. My job is sedentary but I'm determined to find a way to combat the negatives of that. I've begun to lose weight but the stroke reference scares the living daylight out of me. I'm following this thread to see what resolutions emerge from other people's cases of noises in the neck.
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I'm also following this thread because recently the noise in my neck has come back and with it a painful stiff neck and now intermittent left arm numbness. Got the shock of my life when the neurologist looked at a 2006 CD MRI of my brain and said I'd had a few TIAs and need to lower my HBP to avoid a major one. I went into mild panic, because a few years ago when I had experienced what I thought was stroke-like symptoms and gone to the ER, the doc had said in passing that I had had a TIA. I guess the shock this time is the casualness with which the findings were mentioned. So I focused on the news and left the neuro's office forgetting to find out about the noise. Luckily for me he asked to repeat the MRI of cervical spine, so hopefully something will show to give a clue, and then I can discuss in depth my current status. I'm clearly 50 pounds overweight even if the doc says slightly. My job is sedentary but I'm determined to find a way to combat the negatives of that. I've begun to lose weight but the stroke reference scares the living daylight out of me. I'm following this thread to see what resolutions emerge from other people's cases of noises in the neck.
March 6, 2010 - 1:59pmThis Comment
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