... Anita,please tell your husband to be carefull,that doesnt seem like alot of recovery time considering we are talking about his neck,and i know i should mind my own busines but why no physical therapy,i hope he wont be lifting things,perhaps i am just a worry wart,but i just dont want him to gt hurt for both your sakes. marywoo (5 replies)
... HI, I had a cervical anterior fusion a year ago. After talking with other people that I know that had a similar surgery, and much discussion with my doc I decided to use donar bone. ... (42 replies)
... will need surgery, not an option, and it will be almost instant relief. The procedure he described sounded very simple and minimally invasive with a very quick recovery time. I have several other people telling me if I just suffer through it a little longer, it will improve on its own. ... (13 replies)
... I went thru 2 Cervical surgeries. ... (21 replies)
... er, I believe she thought you might not be aware that there are several places where people with problems concerning the spine post...this one primarily concerns cervical issues and the one labelled "Back Problems" is peopled by those with thoracic and lumbar issues. ... (10 replies)
... thanks for any input.. also does anyone know any possible surgery procedures for all this and whats recovery time? ... (13 replies)
... Hopefully you have researched your options and the surgeon who will be doing your surgery and had at least 1 or 2 other opinions to make sure they all agree. ... (4 replies)
... I am scheduled to have Anterior cervical disectomy fusion in October. I have been in so much pain for the last year. I have tried all other options... ... (4 replies)
... The posterior was the worst of the two but hubby didn't need to take any time off. ... (3 replies)
... Thank you Jenny! I too have a very high pain tolerance and so... with my 1st surgery I never did take any pain meds once I got home. Was back to work in 3.5 weeks. Thanks for dispelling all rumors! Much love! ... (5 replies)
... I've had 2 major posterior cervical spine surgeries and wasn't in the ICU after either and my second was a 6 level fusion. ... (5 replies)
... s of left arm numbness and tingling are completely gone. It just seems I traded one pain for another. I had a appointment with the Neurosurgeon yesterday and a Cervical Xray. Everything looks fine from his stand point, but he says I should expect to have pain for 6 months and still need to be very cauious with turning my head. ... (25 replies)
... I feel my thoracic problems came on after my cervical fusions. I knew I was destined for the lumbar to go bad soon, but previously my thoracic wasn't showing the signs of DDD. ... (162 replies)
... I am new to the board and could use some help from people who have had cervical surgery in the past. ... (6 replies)
... I am in pain a great deal of the time and get horrible migraines. I get pain referring to my right shoulder blade and sometimes burning and numbness down my right arm. ... (10 replies)
... I would never attempt to convince anyone that surgery is a good idea as I have not been offered that. And I'm sure you have read the experiences here. ... (8 replies)
... it. The pain also includes severe muscle cramping from right under my hairline down and around my shoulder blades. I have also had trouble swallowing since the surgery was done in 2003. It seems like things get stuck on the right side of my neck a lot, right under where my scar is. ... (4 replies)
... fusion. I have also done some research on line and found the Endoscopic surgery available as well. ... (1 replies)
... The posterior is much more painful and the recovery time is longer too. But I was told ahead of time that it would be more painful so I was expecting the pain. I'm now 9 weeks post op and I see my neurosurgeon June 2nd. ... (13 replies)
... ne had to have my left ovary removed. Jan 09 I had two weeks off because I was in alot of pain, tingling, numbness and that is when they found the problems in my cervical spine area. ... (11 replies)
