Well... in just over a week I've had an MRI scan, a CT scan and some X-rays. Nothing life-threatening, I'm happy to add... but I had a massive shock, nonetheless.
It turns out that I have a fracture in my neck - which was not a recent trauma, - so I broke my neck at some stage, without realising it!
The GOOD NEWS is that the fracture is "stable", has partly healed, and I don't need surgery or a neck brace, thank goodness. (I had a lot of neck ache, off and on, and thought it was probably arthritis.)
My consultant offered me injections for the pain, but I'm not on medication of any kind and have managed up to now without so much as a paracetomol passing my lips!
(My husband says I'm a pain in the arse sometimes, and now I'm a pain in the neck as well, officially
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Mighty relieved all the same, though, joking aside.
Jayne