So, here is where my drama began, see that bright white line? Looks important doesn't it? Anyway, I thought it did. That would be your spinal cord, I'm talking about that line right by the bony looking things. The white line at the edge of my body is fat. Really, fat looks much worse on an MRI, I made my husband crop the belly part because it was just too much reality to deal with on top of the whole debilitating pain thing.
It turns out your spinal cord ends pretty close to your rib cage then it branches out into a "horse's tail" it's officially called the Cauda Equina. See isn't this fun! That yellow line is because " I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow in the knee " or back, whatever right? (Sorry, its a nod to Skyrim for those who have no idea what I'm talking about) Actually that was just the marker, they can slice the image anywhere they want so I got dissected in half right there in another photo.
You see that nice thick bright white line of nerves comes to a sudden end with a big blob of black? It's right below that yellowish line. That's where all the nerves that control all kinds of really important stuff, like bladder control and leg movement were squashed flat against more bone. You cannot see any of the white nerves from any angle at that point. Where did they go? Who knows. But that helps explain why I lost feeling in my left leg. It could have been way worse, like diaper worse which would have been an extreme bummer.
Well, that's the end of our anatomy 101 lesson. There will be a quiz on Friday.
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