Complex spine patient struggled to have people believe her until she came to the U of M

by University of Minnesota

Have you ever been in constant pain and it's getting to the point at which you can't do the things you typically do? And no one believes that you have a problem? That's how 64-year-old Roseau, resident, Alanna Anderson Foss (pictured at right) felt about her neck pain. Until she found both belief - and relief - from U of M neurosurgeon, Kristen Jones, MD.

Alanna's journey began in October of 2017 when she was visiting her daughter in Colorado. "I woke up with a pounding headache and my neck really hurt," she said. "I thought I must have slept wrong." Alanna went to t...