I asked my neuro that and he said, no, as my CP doesn't affect my neck, only my legs.  My family has a tendency for spinal problems and arthritis of the spine, so he thought I may have a genetic tendency for it.  Also, the long hours at the computer and reading may have had something to do with it, too.

Kat

On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 11:10:32 -0400 "Barber, Kenneth L." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

how many people on this list have bone spurs in the neck or somewhere else.
and do you think cp contributes to bone spurs developing?

-----Original Message-----
From: BG Greer, PhD [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 11:06 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: a little scary to me


In a message dated 4/11/02 9:00:00 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:

> i have bone spurs in my neck, there are things everywhere that could
>fall. just sort of scary.
>
That  is scary Ken. Maybe you ought to discuss this with your dr.

Bobby