Neck pain, cervical disc herniation? Don't judge solely on symptoms! A thorough examination is essential! I was completely cured at Seoul Samsung Hospital. (Extramedullary tumor treatment review and tips)

There are many people who suffer from cervical disc or lumbar disc, right?

My husband also suffered from a herniated disc in his neck, with pain extending from his neck to his shoulders and arms.

Around the time the coronavirus started, I started having shoulder pain.

Numbness in my arms, wrists, and fingers also started...

 

Even if you just go over a speed bump, it's not a big deal for most people.

He yelled at her to take it easy on her and got so annoyed that he even got into a fight with her...

Even when I sneeze, I suffer so much from the pain after sneezing,

I went to an orthopedic clinic near the hospital, and the symptoms were very similar to those of a cervical disc herniation.

Judging from the symptoms such as the flow of pain and radiating pain, it was confirmed to be a cervical disc herniation.

 

If you don't get an MRI while hospitalized, it will be expensive.

My husband is very busy with work, so it would be difficult to take time off to get an MRI.

I looked up the symptoms and just by looking at what the doctor said, it said it was a cervical disc problem.

The doctor said that if the patient wants an MRI, he can do it because it is 100% a cervical disc problem, but there is no need to do it.

I didn't get an MRI... and I just bought some exercises and traction machines that are said to be good for cervical disc herniation.

I've been working hard for almost a year...

 

I thought that if I correct my posture and exercise, the disc would get better.

I tried exercising on YouTube, paying attention to my posture, and watching videos like Baeknyeonmok, but the pain just wouldn't go away.

In the end, after less than a year, I went to a general hospital and got an MRI in December 2021...

They said that additional filming was needed and that I would need to have an X-ray.

There's something blurry in the photo... I suspect it's a tumor.

At that time, I was on a business trip to Seoul, and my husband called me and said this in a worried voice:

Honestly, I didn't think much of it at the time... but when I came back from my business trip and heard the story...

 

They said that when they took the contrast agent and took the picture, the tumor appeared white... Cervical vertebra 5,

I have a herniated cervical disc, but it's not that serious.

They say the tumor grew and pressed on a nerve... It grew to almost 5cm and pressed on a nerve.

The pain was unbearable.

 

What the... a tumor in the neck? I searched...

"Tumors that occur in the neck area can be divided into cervical tumors, which arise from the bones, and spinal tumors, which arise from the nerves. Benign and malignant tumors can occur in both the cervical spine and the spinal cord, but even benign tumors can progress closer to malignancy if they are located in areas that are difficult to resect."

 

 

 

My husband has never had cancer, so it's not metastatic.

So then? It's a tumor that originated in the race itself...

As shown below, it is divided into spinal tumors and spinal cord tumors.

Fortunately, in the groom's case, it was an extraspinal tumor... The tissue biopsy results after surgery showed that it was a benign tumor.

I don't know how much it grew in the 1-2 years I knew it was a herniated disc, but it was a tumor about 5 cm long.

 

Below is a picture of an MRI scan of the actual groom with his sculpted body in place.

You will see a white tumor...

The spinal cord protrudes and presses on the nerves, or the tumor grows and presses on the nerves.

The symptoms that occur when a nerve is compressed are the same.

So... unless you do a thorough examination... like your local orthopedic surgeon

It's a cervical disc herniation. It's a lumbar disc herniation.

I was told it wasn't a herniated disc because of the pain!!

 

 

Knowing it was a tumor, the groom was honestly scared.

I don't know if the tumor is benign or malignant... In the case of the neck...

The entire cervical spine must be removed and the tumor attached to the nerves must be removed.

Because we don't know how much nerve damage will occur depending on the size of the tumor.

It's a really dangerous situation where you could end up paralyzed...ㅠ_ㅠ

So, I made reservations at as many of the five major hospitals in Seoul as possible and luckily, I had surgery at Samsung Hospital in Seoul.

 

In the case of extramural tumors, I strongly recommend that you visit a hospital with as much experience as possible and consult a professor.

My husband also visited Seoul National University Hospital and Seoul Samsung Hospital.

I begged and pleaded with the professor who could perform the surgery as quickly as possible.

The professor at Samsung Hospital took time out of his afternoon to help me complete the major surgery that lasted over 9 hours without any problems.

I am living a normal life now.

I still have some tingling sensations due to nerve damage, but I am grateful that I can live a normal life.

And I'm so grateful that it's a benign tumor.

 

The same pain as a herniated disc? The same pain as a cervical disc?

There are some people who say, “Since the symptoms are the same, let’s just manage it with exercise and get rid of the disc problem instead of getting an expensive MRI!” right?

 

There was also a man in his 60s who lived in Gyeongnam when my husband was hospitalized.

I thought it was a herniated disc, so I didn't get an MRI and just endured it by doing exercises that are good for the herniated disc.

After all, after getting an MRI, she discovered that she had a lumbar spinal tumor and had surgery around the same time as her husband.

If he also has back pain that people around him say is likely a herniated disc,

He strongly advised me to get an MRI rather than judge for myself.

 

It's not for nothing that they say to do a thorough examination.

I think it's a disc problem, but it might not be.

Not all pain is the same!

 

If you have symptoms of lumbar disc or cervical disc herniation and the pain gets worse,

Be sure to get a thorough examination, especially if you have neuralgia, get an "MRI"!!!!

Please decide on a treatment method after confirming that the disc is correct.

 

And Seoul Samsung Hospital also performed difficult and dangerous surgeries without any problems and managed patients until they recovered, so I felt that it was right to treat serious illnesses at a large hospital.

 

The priority for all pain is to identify the cause through a thorough examination! This is the priority. Please keep this in mind!!!