Hi I'm new!
I think this is the right group/forum I should be joining. I was diagnosed last week as having an arachnoid cyst at S2. I have tried researching arachnoid cysts, tarlov cysts and arachnoiditis but I'm unsure of the difference between them all. I'm working my way through websites at the minute so I'm hoping I've joined the right group in the meantime.
I slipped over in a supermarket in November last year and ever since I have been in agony. I took myself to A&E 2 weeks after the accident and was told I just had bruising, but then 2 weeks later I went back to my doctor only to be told I had a fractured L5 Vertebrae (hospital were supposed to call but didn't). I ended up going back and forth with no answers and still in pain 4 months after the accident, so I paid for a private stand up MRI last week and that's when they found I had a cyst at S2.
The doctor has said it could be incidental that I have the cyst, however I have pointed out that the fracture should have healed and all the doctors have said I have no issues with SIJs etc, so it leaves me with nothing left but this cyst.
My doctor has given my disc to radiology at the local hospital, so I am hoping they will take me seriously, but I am prepared to have to pay for private care so I can get back to work (I've been off since December).
So thats me!