Last October, I had back pains unlike any I had ever had. I went to the doctor who told me it was just a bad sprain and I was sent home with a prescription for pain killers and an anti-inflammatory. After a week of bed rest, the pain was still there. But every time I went to the doctor I kept being told that it was just a sprain, and to take more time off work and rest it. I demanded an X-ray and it showed nothing. In January, I was due to fly to my cousins wedding so back to the doctors I went for more pain killers to get me through the travel , which is when they finally decided to send me to a specialist (after 3 months of having a 'back sprain'). They sent me in for a MRI, and a week and a half later, I received a letter saying that they have found an abnormal growth in my spine. The orthopedic surgeon I had seen told me that what I had appeared to be a schwannoma (nerve sheath tumor) and that I would have to see a neurosurgeon for further treatment. By this stage the tumor … [Read more...]
