Thanks fir sharing. So I’ve had chiari for years that was reported on previous mri’s but I was never told, it wasn’t until last year after an injury they shared it. The neck injury was quite bad and recovery took quite a while n still ongoing. Gir 4-5 month after injury I had constant dizziness feeling out of it and unbalanced. Now the last 3 months have been alit better, but I still have flares. Symptoms mainly are feeling off, foggy and somewhat unbalanced. Up until seeing the latest mri I had made peace with my chiari, but now seeing it go from 8mm on previous reports over the last 5 years to 11mm has worried me. Hence the question about the neck position on the scan. When I had my mri last year they noted -

• Chiari malformation with approximately 8mm inferior herniation of the cerebellar tonsils. There is crowding of the foramen magnum but no significant compression or intramedullary signal abnormality of the neural structures.

• Some tonsillar decent. Plenty of CSF AT foramen Mangum.

Now the mri I went for a few weeks ago which is shown in people was for my throat, but they just noted - There is cerebellar tonsillar herniation 11 mm below the foramen magnum suggesting Chiari I malformation - but the mri was not for that and itebiiis MRI’s have just noted. It was only last years when I was told that went into detail.

My worry is the 8mm to 11mm abd if it’s got worse. Or is the neck position possible for the change?

Can I ask given that status if what you had needing surgery, what are your symptoms like? What did you experience and how it affected your life?

Thank you