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It's definitely a neck vertebrae issue. My cousin owns his own hospital and because we are family, there is no charge if I need a check up. I did various tests there and all seemed fine, even with my intoxicated feeling/balance issues, so I had a MRI done. He told me the disks were practically none existent. I don't like to be owning to anyone, so we bought him and his family a religious icon gold & silver plated. Seeing his hospital doesn't cater for neck issues I saw an orthopedist, who even lectures at the capitals university. I asked what may have caused this damage and he off the cuff said, road cycling, motorbiking and aerobatics. I laughed, because I'd done them all. Yes when it's summer ( I live in southern Europe) I swim in the Mediterranean sea, it no doubt helps a bit and I do neck strengthening exercises, but the symptoms remain. Talking about houses, we've bought a top floor apartment, which includes the terrace and are having it refurbished presently. Once completed in a few months we'll move in, then redecorate our present top floor apartment and rent it out. So having an operation done, which takes 16 weeks to heal 100%, is not for now. I'm looking at maybe the op around June, if I continue deteriorating and I've been quoted could cost anything from €7000 - €13000.

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Good luck. When I was riding my bicycles, I specifically chose cruiser style with the higher handlebars, and medium tires, rather a racing design, so I could keep my neck at a higher angle, and periodically sit up straight.

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