roadie i reread your post re your health. your description mimicked mine including my spinal cord fluid being cut off at C-3. is it possible surgery can help you? when the neurosurgeon got in there he found bone spurs as well and fixed that situ as well as spinal fusion in my case for the spinal cord issue. my outcome was miraculous. i had had severe, chronic pain for 20 years. the reason i got help finally was my right side was going numb. muscle tone was fading. i was scared but got it fixed. now i'm the bionic woman/titanium plate/spurs removed and feel better than ever before. no pain at all anymore.
i don't know if this even applies to you but thought i'd share my experience.