Can people with Tarlov Cyst work? What kind of work can they perform?

I was able to work, but I had to inform colleagues in meetings that I was unable to sit for long periods of time and would need to stand in the back of the meeting room so as not to interrupt. Post surgery I was able to do work at home 1-2 days a week which really helped my recovery.

A job that is somewhat flexible and allows you to sit and stand, or work at home to recooperate the nerves is the most ideal for desk work.

Yes, we can work, but it's unpredictable to know how you'll feel one day to the next. Definitely avoid lifting heavy things. Heavy lifting increases the sensation of pressure for me.

I wish to work .Can anybody would hire me if I tell him about my disease.? I doubt very deeply.

I was and am able to work a full 10-12 hour shift as long as i have my medication. Without it, i can do about 6 hours of working fast food, while having someone else do the squatting to get low objects.

I currently work in the market research field. I am expecting to return to my full time job in the office soon but have been working from home full time as sitting in an office for 10 hours a day is impossible for me at the moment.

I had to retire since sitting and standing for a length of time was painful

Sometimes and limited

I personally had to give up my 2 jobs as a cleaner, heavy lifting or any lifting, constant movement made my body ache & have muscle spasms when i lay flat. More suitable jobs would be office, sitting jobs etc.

Most can continue to work. Some have reduced hours, changed jobs, or what ever helps them Keep their job.

I think people that have these can do work as long as they dont require sitting or standing for too long in any one position. I couldnt work at all as i was bed ridden.

Working a desk job was very hard with all the sitting

some can but others will have difficult due to severity of symptoms

Some of us are totally disabled, bedridden, and others can work. I work 2 hours a day, 3 days a week.

There are probably lots of people who have Tarlov cysts, for their entire lives, and never even know it. Lots of cysts are discovered as a result of having an MRI done on a certain part of their body, perhaps for a cause that has nothing to do with the cyst. As well, there are lots of cysts discovered as a result of an MRI of a certain part of their body, say their low back, because they're having issues with their low back, and it's discovered that their low back issues are the result of their Tarlov cyst. I think that some people who have symptomatic cysts may be able to work in some fields, depending largely on the location of the cyst, the size of the cyst, and how long the cyst has been at the size that it is at, if it is at a size that is pressing on other nerves around it. If a person has a cyst that is of a significant size that is pressing on the other nerves around it, and has been doing so for an extended period of time, then the chances are very high that it has caused damage to those other nerves, and I would say that if they're at that point, the likelihood of them being able to do work in any field for any considerable length of time isn't going to be very good. Due to, what I consider the main symptom of a symptomatic Tarlov cyst, which would be the pain. As for what percentage of people that I think work in any field, I'm unable to answer that. Because as I said in the beginning, there are lots of people who have Tarlov cysts that are asymptomatic, and if they're asymptomatic, then they fall in the equation of people with Tarlov cysts who are working, even though they don't know that they have them, and it's my opinion that there's really not a way to answer that question.

When the cysts are painfully active having a job can be difficult. Each person will have to choose that for themselves.

Personally, within two years of the initial onset of my symptoms in my cervical spine, I could no longer work. Because the disease is so hard to properly diagnose I could not qualify for disability either. After 13 years I’m finally finding some answers but little medical help within my geographical demographical community.

Yes but try and stay away from physically demanding jobs.
If a desk job ensure good supportive chair and possible bum rest

Everyone has different experiences with tarlov, would be hard to say one cannot work or can .

В началото да, могат да работят, докато не се обосърят симптомите. Не се препоръчва да се работи в седнала позиция. Няма рамка за видът работа, която могат да работят пациентите. Всичко е индивидуално.

It depends on the severity of symptoms and pain. Some still can do work if not to much fysical work. Most of the patients are in severe pain/symptoms that they have become house bounded or bed bounded.

Het kan helpen om enkele aanpassingen door te voeren in de levensstijl. Advies om zo weinig mogelijk te zitten en staan, zware fysieke inspanningen te vermijden, dagelijks meerdere rustmomenten in te plannen en zo min mogelijk dingen te doen die de cerebrospinale druk kunnen verhogen zoals het nuttigen van alcohol en koffie en blootstelling aan de zon. Sommige mensen kunnen nog lichte werkzaamheden doen mits bovenstaande in acht wordt genomen maar velen geraken uiteindelijk uit het arbeidsproces. Vrijwilligerswerk zou dan nog mogelijk zijn.

That depends on the level of pain one has. Some people can work and others are completely debilitated.

It depends but hardly. Not physical work and even soft work is hard once most of people face hard time seated