Stevie’s Story
9 April 2023
Benign tumour in the lower back (L3/L4) – pain-free again! It’s wonderful to think that I forget that this time last year I
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Benign tumour in the lower back (L3/L4) – pain-free again! It’s wonderful to think that I forget that this time last year I
I had started experiencing lower back pain and extreme pain in my right leg for around two years from 2008. I went
Spinal cord tumours change your life in some way forever. In my case I would say that my outlook on life has
My spinal cord tumour journey began in October 2005, aged 25. After about 2 years of problems with hip and backache and
Spinal cord tumours can occur in men as well. I had a C1-C5 ependymoma removed in 1995. Since around 1991 I had
In January 2005 I sneezed and I remember a shooting pain run down my shoulder and arm. A few months later I
My only symptoms in august 1996 were the third finger of my left hand itching constantly. After tests for carpel tunnel proved
UPDATED – My Story April 2025 It has been over fourteen years since I initially composed my story below in 2011. Since
In 1989 I had an operation to remove a spinal cord tumour (ependymoma, C6-T1). I was told it had probably been lying
I was 40 in 2003 and had been suffering from a ‘crunchy’ painful neck and some loss of sensation in my finger