I was just trying to figure out where to post a comment when I saw yours. When I logged on, I thought I'd had a really bad night and couldn't see this morning. I HATE this new change. I cannot read it without blinking my eyes to try to make it focus better.
Note to the powers that be:
We are not all twenty-somethings with twenty-something eyes. Please have some consideration for your older readers!!
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I have no medical training. Comments are based on personal experience and lots of research and reading.
PLIF @ L4-5 with Peek cage, rods and screws Jan 2008
Lami-foraminotomy L5-S1 Jan 2009
Fusion L3-S1 coming up -- maybe!!
i think the rest of the new make over looks very nice and proffesional!...so if we can JUST change the font size?....
thanks!
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MY SSA DX:
DDD involvinging one or more lumbar discs(L2-S1)
spinal stenosis T8-T11, and L3-L5
neural foraminal stenosis from L4-5 and L5-S1
cervicalgia, and gait imbalance due to lumbar surgaries
*note these are from 2007 mri and reports*
Also, please do not ask for assistance reading your MRI report, I am NOT a doctor!
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C3-C4-C5-C6 bulging with stenosis, L5-S1 annular tear and bulge, L3-L4-L5-S1 facet joint syndrome, OA: nothing severe enough to cause problems. Multiple MRIs, EMG & NCS tests, lumbar ESI's, facet injections, medial branch block injections, RF rhizotomy L3-L4-L5, discogram. Scheduled for LP mid October.
Now be a good boy and swallow all these pretty pills..... Ibuprofen, Valium, Baclofen, Avinza. Vicodin & Tramadol for BT pain.
Findings:
There are no gross abnormalities at the upper three cervical interspaces or the cervical-thorasic junction. Disc desiccation without disc protrusion is noted at T1-2. The second and third thoracic interspaces are normal.
At C5-6, there is mild to moderate disc desiccation with a 2mm central disc protrusion with slight central stenosis.
At C6-7, there is more moderate disc desiccation with a 3mm central disc protrusion with mild central stenosis but no direct spinal cord compression.
There is no evidence of nerve root canal stenosis or nerve root impingement at any cervical level. All of the facet joints are normal. The cervical cord is normal. There is no fracture or dislocation. There are no intradural or paraspinous masses.
My Cervical X-ray said:
Findings
AP, both obliques, open mouth, and lateral views of the cervical spine revealed very minimal hypertrophic uncovertebral joints at C5-6. On oblique view there is a suggestion of minimal osteophyte formation and foraminal impingement at C5-C6, especially on the left side. No fracture is seen.
Lumbar Xray - L3 Mild Osteophyte formation, indicates : Lumbar disc disease.
Medications: Atenolol 25 mg, Soma 350mg, Lexapro 10mg, Klonopin .25 (when needed), Cymbalta 30mg, neurontin 300mg 1x a day, either tyl 3 or reg vicodin for pain.
Neck Pain on left side, on the back of neck, in between shoulder blade on spine, headaches, left arm and leg pain, sometimes numbness or burning, muscle spasms. Depression and Anxiety.
I forwarded a link to this post to the powers that me.
In the mean time look at the bottom right of the screen and see if there is a small 100% (the newer versions of IE have it). Click on it and change the size to 125%
....Paul
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Cervical stenosis and myelopathy (most symptoms permanant), DDD, OA, 16 surgeries to date (including 3 level cervical laminectomy, bilateral knee replacements, A-C joint resections in both shoulders), 19 MRI's, and many many many cortisone shots and ESI's
The information provided by members of Spine-Health should never be considered as formal medical advice. It is recommendations based on member's personal experiences only.
This can vary from person to person, so do not take comments as medical facts or rules
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“Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.”
Spondy, DDD, Spondylolysis - Dynesys and S1 PLIF 2007, revision PLIF BMP L4/5 Feb 2008 and revision PLIF September 2008....failed fusion. Lots of pain, unsteady and slowly running out of patience!
Itsalongwalk is Itsabloominlongwalk!
I can enlarge the type as suggested, but then it does not all fit on the page. You end up having to scroll back and forth.
Also the black type on gray background is hard to see.
I do not consider this an "improvement" at all.
Bubblegum: If you are using Google Chrome, I do not believe there is this option on the screen. Maybe I am just not looking in the right place. When I switch over to Internet Explorer, I have the box to select a larger type face.
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I have no medical training. Comments are based on personal experience and lots of research and reading.
PLIF @ L4-5 with Peek cage, rods and screws Jan 2008
Lami-foraminotomy L5-S1 Jan 2009
Fusion L3-S1 coming up -- maybe!!
Cervical stenosis and myelopathy (most symptoms permanant), DDD, OA, 16 surgeries to date (including 3 level cervical laminectomy, bilateral knee replacements, A-C joint resections in both shoulders), 19 MRI's, and many many many cortisone shots and ESI's
The information provided by members of Spine-Health should never be considered as formal medical advice. It is recommendations based on member's personal experiences only.
This can vary from person to person, so do not take comments as medical facts or rules
Suicide Help Resources
SUICIDE HOTLINE:
USA: 1-800-784-2433
UK : 08457 90 90 90
“Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.”
L4-L5 Bulging disc with annular tear, Hernitated L5-S1, Narrowing of lateral recess w/nerve impingment, left neural foraminal stenosis, Bulging C3-C4, sciatica,Multi-level DDD, multi-level facet osteoarthrosis, nerve damage in left leg, Breast Reduction, P.T., Chiro., Tens., and many different docs. in 8 years. Darvacet, Flexeril, Lexapro,Elavil,Atenolol... Just diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and Mysofascial Pain Syndrome
Any of you are apple users just use your command key and the plus key. Or you can go to view in safari and choose to enlarge font. Actually the font comes up perfect.
It makes the headaches and eye problems I've been having since surgery that much worse!!! Please please please make the font bigger!!!
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Kelly
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Anterior Foraminotomy in April 09 for:
stenosis C4/C5, protruding disc at C5/C6 with osteophyte complex, herniated disc at C6/C7
OA in neck, hip, knees
PTSD and Anxiety Disorder
**A Proud Canadian Soldier**
BUT NOT A DOCTOR!!! My thoughts are just that... my thoughts based solely on my experiences, so take them for what they're worth (and sometimes they may not be worth much)
If you are having a difficult time seeing the font, try zooming. if you change the zoom to 125% I think you'll like the results. Changing the text size under tools didn't really change anything.
I use internet explorer. On my main menu toolbar, I have several buttons along the top right hand side. One of those buttons is "Page". Click on that, it brings up a menu of choices. 3/4ths of the way down is "zoom". play around with the different settings until you find something you like. At 125% I don't lose anything on the screen, but it makes it much easier on the eyes.
Good luck!
Cindy
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No smile is as beautiful as the one that struggles through the tears.
lol, after you mentioned it, I realized the font was back to normal!!! LOL, but always found it a little small. Thanks for the tip, though, now I can see!!!!
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Kelly
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Anterior Foraminotomy in April 09 for:
stenosis C4/C5, protruding disc at C5/C6 with osteophyte complex, herniated disc at C6/C7
OA in neck, hip, knees
PTSD and Anxiety Disorder
**A Proud Canadian Soldier**
BUT NOT A DOCTOR!!! My thoughts are just that... my thoughts based solely on my experiences, so take them for what they're worth (and sometimes they may not be worth much)
Cervical stenosis and myelopathy (most symptoms permanant), DDD, OA, 16 surgeries to date (including 3 level cervical laminectomy, bilateral knee replacements, A-C joint resections in both shoulders), 19 MRI's, and many many many cortisone shots and ESI's
The information provided by members of Spine-Health should never be considered as formal medical advice. It is recommendations based on member's personal experiences only.
This can vary from person to person, so do not take comments as medical facts or rules
Suicide Help Resources
SUICIDE HOTLINE:
USA: 1-800-784-2433
UK : 08457 90 90 90
“Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.”
I agree with Eve...way to small to read...very hard on the eyes
hard to even read my reply....please make it larger
I was just trying to figure out where to post a comment when I saw yours. When I logged on, I thought I'd had a really bad night and couldn't see this morning. I HATE this new change. I cannot read it without blinking my eyes to try to make it focus better.
Note to the powers that be:
We are not all twenty-somethings with twenty-something eyes. Please have some consideration for your older readers!!
I have no medical training. Comments are based on personal experience and lots of research and reading.
PLIF @ L4-5 with Peek cage, rods and screws Jan 2008
Lami-foraminotomy L5-S1 Jan 2009
Fusion L3-S1 coming up -- maybe!!
i think the rest of the new make over looks very nice and proffesional!...so if we can JUST change the font size?....
thanks!
MY SSA DX:
DDD involvinging one or more lumbar discs(L2-S1)
spinal stenosis T8-T11, and L3-L5
neural foraminal stenosis from L4-5 and L5-S1
cervicalgia, and gait imbalance due to lumbar surgaries
*note these are from 2007 mri and reports*
Wait, let me go to the other side of the room to read this one! Maybe a nice compromise between the current size and Bubblegum's suggestion? lol
For help in posting pictures on Spine-Health, see the following posts on using Photobucket and Flickr:
http://www.spine-health.com/forum/water-cooler/photo-installment-1
http://www.spine-health.com/forum/water-cooler/photo-installment-2
Sorry, had to take the email off my signature because of the spam (bob@mypharmajobs.com this means you and I hope every spider and bot causes you to get spammed until your email is smoking!), so if you need additional help with photos I will not hesitate to provide it though via PM.
Also, please do not ask for assistance reading your MRI report, I am NOT a doctor!
===
C3-C4-C5-C6 bulging with stenosis, L5-S1 annular tear and bulge, L3-L4-L5-S1 facet joint syndrome, OA: nothing severe enough to cause problems. Multiple MRIs, EMG & NCS tests, lumbar ESI's, facet injections, medial branch block injections, RF rhizotomy L3-L4-L5, discogram. Scheduled for LP mid October.
Now be a good boy and swallow all these pretty pills..... Ibuprofen, Valium, Baclofen, Avinza. Vicodin & Tramadol for BT pain.
Please change the font size back.It's too much like hard work.Especially at silly o'clock in the morning when you can't sleep cos of the pain.
Scott
I agree this is awful to try and read.
absolutely agree with above sentiment!!!!enlarge print please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Font is a bit small yes. Super Size it please.
Findings:
There are no gross abnormalities at the upper three cervical interspaces or the cervical-thorasic junction. Disc desiccation without disc protrusion is noted at T1-2. The second and third thoracic interspaces are normal.
At C5-6, there is mild to moderate disc desiccation with a 2mm central disc protrusion with slight central stenosis.
At C6-7, there is more moderate disc desiccation with a 3mm central disc protrusion with mild central stenosis but no direct spinal cord compression.
There is no evidence of nerve root canal stenosis or nerve root impingement at any cervical level. All of the facet joints are normal. The cervical cord is normal. There is no fracture or dislocation. There are no intradural or paraspinous masses.
My Cervical X-ray said:
Findings
AP, both obliques, open mouth, and lateral views of the cervical spine revealed very minimal hypertrophic uncovertebral joints at C5-6. On oblique view there is a suggestion of minimal osteophyte formation and foraminal impingement at C5-C6, especially on the left side. No fracture is seen.
Lumbar Xray - L3 Mild Osteophyte formation, indicates : Lumbar disc disease.
Medications: Atenolol 25 mg, Soma 350mg, Lexapro 10mg, Klonopin .25 (when needed), Cymbalta 30mg, neurontin 300mg 1x a day, either tyl 3 or reg vicodin for pain.
Neck Pain on left side, on the back of neck, in between shoulder blade on spine, headaches, left arm and leg pain, sometimes numbness or burning, muscle spasms. Depression and Anxiety.
I forwarded a link to this post to the powers that me.
In the mean time look at the bottom right of the screen and see if there is a small 100% (the newer versions of IE have it). Click on it and change the size to 125%
....Paul
Cervical stenosis and myelopathy (most symptoms permanant), DDD, OA, 16 surgeries to date (including 3 level cervical laminectomy, bilateral knee replacements, A-C joint resections in both shoulders), 19 MRI's, and many many many cortisone shots and ESI's
The information provided by members of Spine-Health should never be considered as formal medical advice. It is recommendations based on member's personal experiences only.
This can vary from person to person, so do not take comments as medical facts or rules
Suicide Help Resources
SUICIDE HOTLINE:
USA: 1-800-784-2433
UK : 08457 90 90 90
“Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.”
I don't see what you talking about, no where do I see that on my screen, grrrrrrrrr
T H A N K Y O U !
Spondy, DDD, Spondylolysis - Dynesys and S1 PLIF 2007, revision PLIF BMP L4/5 Feb 2008 and revision PLIF September 2008....failed fusion. Lots of pain, unsteady and slowly running out of patience!
Itsalongwalk is Itsabloominlongwalk!
I can enlarge the type as suggested, but then it does not all fit on the page. You end up having to scroll back and forth.
Also the black type on gray background is hard to see.
I do not consider this an "improvement" at all.
Bubblegum: If you are using Google Chrome, I do not believe there is this option on the screen. Maybe I am just not looking in the right place.
When I switch over to Internet Explorer, I have the box to select a larger type face.
I have no medical training. Comments are based on personal experience and lots of research and reading.
PLIF @ L4-5 with Peek cage, rods and screws Jan 2008
Lami-foraminotomy L5-S1 Jan 2009
Fusion L3-S1 coming up -- maybe!!
I will have to ask my daughter avbout that, the Google Chrom, or the IE, I have no idea what I use, I jsut type it in.
And yes, the colour is bad too, the black on grey, I didn't want to complain too much, but thank you, for adding to the size, the colour is bad too.
When all the cooks yell the chef listens....haha.
.............Paul
Cervical stenosis and myelopathy (most symptoms permanant), DDD, OA, 16 surgeries to date (including 3 level cervical laminectomy, bilateral knee replacements, A-C joint resections in both shoulders), 19 MRI's, and many many many cortisone shots and ESI's
The information provided by members of Spine-Health should never be considered as formal medical advice. It is recommendations based on member's personal experiences only.
This can vary from person to person, so do not take comments as medical facts or rules
Suicide Help Resources
SUICIDE HOTLINE:
USA: 1-800-784-2433
UK : 08457 90 90 90
“Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.”
with all of the above. I'm half blind anyway....I need a magnifing glass even with my trifocals to see this font.
way to small needs to be larger...
L4-L5 Bulging disc with annular tear, Hernitated L5-S1, Narrowing of lateral recess w/nerve impingment, left neural foraminal stenosis, Bulging C3-C4, sciatica,Multi-level DDD, multi-level facet osteoarthrosis, nerve damage in left leg, Breast Reduction, P.T., Chiro., Tens., and many different docs. in 8 years. Darvacet, Flexeril, Lexapro,Elavil,Atenolol... Just diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and Mysofascial Pain Syndrome
Any of you are apple users just use your command key and the plus key. Or you can go to view in safari and choose to enlarge font. Actually the font comes up perfect.
Thanks tamtam!
I was wondering if we are different, than the PC world. Your suggestion of command and the plus key seems to work. Great help!
Kin
SF Peninsula CA resident
Decompression and L3-S1 fusion with instrumentation, 5/1/08
It makes the headaches and eye problems I've been having since surgery that much worse!!! Please please please make the font bigger!!!
Kelly
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Anterior Foraminotomy in April 09 for:
stenosis C4/C5, protruding disc at C5/C6 with osteophyte complex, herniated disc at C6/C7
OA in neck, hip, knees
PTSD and Anxiety Disorder
**A Proud Canadian Soldier**
BUT NOT A DOCTOR!!! My thoughts are just that... my thoughts based solely on my experiences, so take them for what they're worth (and sometimes they may not be worth much)
I think the font size has been restored to a normal size at this point. Unless my eyes just all of a sudden got better...
No smile is as beautiful as the one that struggles through the tears.
If you are having a difficult time seeing the font, try zooming. if you change the zoom to 125% I think you'll like the results. Changing the text size under tools didn't really change anything.
I use internet explorer. On my main menu toolbar, I have several buttons along the top right hand side. One of those buttons is "Page". Click on that, it brings up a menu of choices. 3/4ths of the way down is "zoom". play around with the different settings until you find something you like. At 125% I don't lose anything on the screen, but it makes it much easier on the eyes.
Good luck!
Cindy
No smile is as beautiful as the one that struggles through the tears.
lol, after you mentioned it, I realized the font was back to normal!!! LOL, but always found it a little small. Thanks for the tip, though, now I can see!!!!
Kelly
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Anterior Foraminotomy in April 09 for:
stenosis C4/C5, protruding disc at C5/C6 with osteophyte complex, herniated disc at C6/C7
OA in neck, hip, knees
PTSD and Anxiety Disorder
**A Proud Canadian Soldier**
BUT NOT A DOCTOR!!! My thoughts are just that... my thoughts based solely on my experiences, so take them for what they're worth (and sometimes they may not be worth much)
you are welcome!
Cervical stenosis and myelopathy (most symptoms permanant), DDD, OA, 16 surgeries to date (including 3 level cervical laminectomy, bilateral knee replacements, A-C joint resections in both shoulders), 19 MRI's, and many many many cortisone shots and ESI's
The information provided by members of Spine-Health should never be considered as formal medical advice. It is recommendations based on member's personal experiences only.
This can vary from person to person, so do not take comments as medical facts or rules
Suicide Help Resources
SUICIDE HOTLINE:
USA: 1-800-784-2433
UK : 08457 90 90 90
“Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.”