horseshadowrider
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Abbreviations
abx = antibiotics
B12 DEF = Vitamin B12 deficiency/pernicious anemia
BI = Basilar impression or basilar invagination
b/t = "break through" (pain)
CCI = craniocervical instability
CCF = cranio cervical fusion
cm, CM or acm= Chiari malformation
CPS = Central Pain Syndrome
CSF = cerebral spinal fluid
CST = Cranial Sacral Therapy
CTO = cervical thoracic orthosis (a vest that goes with a Aspen or
Johnson (hard) collar
DDD = degenerative disc disease
Dr. M - Dr. Milhorat at TCI
Dr. B = Dr. Bolognese at TCI
Dr. F = Dr. Frim in Chicago
Dr. G - Dr. Barth Green in Miami
Dr. E - Dr. Richard Ellenbogen, Seattle
Dx = diagnosis, diagnosed
EDS = Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
ER = Emergency Room
Fibro = fibromyalgia
FM = foramen magnum, the opening between spine and skull
FMS = fibromyalgia syndrome
frx (or fx) = fracture
HA = Head Ache
ICP = intracranial pressure
ICT = Invasive craniocervical traction
IICP = increased intracranial pressure
LP = lumbar puncture
LPS = lumbar peritoneal shunt
LOC = loss of consciousness
MVA = motor vehicle accident
NIH = The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
NL = neurologist
NS = neurosurgeon
OTC = over the counter drugs
OTFT = Occult Tight Filum Terminale
PCP = Primary Care Physician
PFD = posterior fossa decompression
PRN = Pro re nata, a medical term for "As the situation arises." Used
by doctors/nurses with medication, to mean, "As needed."
PST = pre surgery testing
pt = patient
PT = physical therapy
PTC - pseudotumor cerebri
PTP = primary treating physician (work comp only ?)
PTS or PTSM = post traumatic syringomyelia
rx = prescribed or prescription
SB = spina bifida,
SM = syringomyelia
SSDI = Social Security Disability Insurance
sx = symptoms
TCI = The Chiari Institute in Great Neck, NY
TCS = Tethered Cord Syndrome (or Tethered Cord Surgery)
TENS = Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator
TFS = Tight filum syndrome
TMJ = Temporomandibular joint
TOS = Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
"Trifecta" refers to 3 conditions many patients with ACM experience: ACM;EDS;TC
tx = treatment
VPS = ventriculoperitoneal shunt
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COMPUTER SHORT-HAND AND TEXT MESSAGING:
BTDT = been there done that
dh = dear husband
dw = dear wife
ds = dear son (you get the idea...)
hth = hope this helps
b/c = because
btw = by the way
imho = in my honest opinion
IMO = in my opinion
JIC - Just in case
jk = just kidding
KWIM = Know what I mean?
lol = laugh out loud
NCC = No Chiari Content
OT = Off Topic
PM = "private message" used on the message board by clicking on the
member's name you wish to send a message to.
ROFL = Rolling on floor laughing
t2ul = talk to you later
ttyl = talk to you later
TTBMK = to the best of my knowledge
<g> = grin
<bg> = big grin
<vbg> very big grin
Last edited by horseshadowrider, 4/2/2008, 8:08 am
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Virginia
4 plc fracture of the C1, Tethered Cord, (acquired chiari and elongated brainstem resolved by Tethered Cord surgery); atlanto occipital dislocation and cranial settling all due to equestrian accident,
2004. CC Fusion upcoming.
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GaleB
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Re: Abbreviations
CSF--- cerebral spinal fluid
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4/4/2008, 7:25 pm
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