C5-6-7 fusion in Feb 2015 had migraines before and have them still now at my wits end
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I had level 3 fusion and get them at random times. Vicks vapor rub on the temples and across your forehead if you are prior mil de a pain manager doc and ask for Lidoderm or Lidocaine patches they also have a cream. The patches are 30 day supply at $300 plus a box. THEY WORK 24 hour per patch up to 3 patches per 24 hour period. Best of luck!
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Yes. Woke up with one today---surgery was on Feb 4--- lost use of left arm and have been in therapy since to get it back--- have most motion back and now starting to use 3 # weights----Headaches r bad and make it hard to function mentally--- nothing helps and they may come and go or last for days--- just want to crush head!!!
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I have been experiencing the same exact thing. I must be extremely careful of how I sleep. So now if I get 4 good hours I'm happy. I usually wake with a headache so bad I can barely open my eyes. Mine also feels like tension, my shoulder and neck muscles are very tight. I was lying the back of my head/neck in an ice pack for a long time, and it would make my headache go away. But not anymore. I'm 2 years out from C4,C5, and C6 fusion. I've never had a history of headaches either, so I know its from the fusion, I have absolutely no doubt. I don't know where to go from here, but its getting to be a daily thing now, and that's not good. Im the only one working in my family, and I can't stop, but I'm so tired of suffering all the time.
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I have been suffering from headaches and migraines for over 3 years. I finally talked my PC into doing a cervical MRI. Low and behold I had herniated discs. I had c6 c7 fused. Woke up with no more headaches. I'm almost 1 month out and now have a horrible headache? Has this happened no anyone? Did I mess up my neck?
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I also had the fusion surgery. I'm up right now with one of the headaches that are getting more frequent and sever. A couple of things that help me are investing in real good down filed pillows. The good ones cost a lot but I found worth every dime. And the ONLY headache pill that works for me is Butal. I take one whenever I first feel a headache coming on and it zaps it so fast. That is the only prescribed drug that has worked on my headaches. Hope this info can help someone as I know the feeling of being in miserable pain worth these headaches.
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Hello Mellow :) my story is long and there are other stories as well that you may find informative on another message board
I hope you feel better soon. My migraines and severe cervicogenic headaches are ongoing and I have not returned to work nor do I expect to, sometimes the issues don't resolve in a good way - I hope you have better luck. Take caree.
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I had a c5-7 ACDF in 2011 and the fusion failed. The severe headaches started a few months later. I'm being treated for both migraines, which I never had before, and cervicogenic headaches. My list of meds is long too, all for nerve, muscle, and migraine pain. I had a brain MRI in 2012 which was normal and I just had another normal one in Nov 2015. It's terribly frustrating to have very obvious medical issues without any obviously measurable physical manifestation. The treatment for me so far has all been about trial and error. Some of it feels medieval, like when the epidural needle went too deep, and hit the nerve root without sufficient anesthetic - blew my mind a couple of weeks ago. I swear I think I'm getting PTSD from some of this stuff. It's far from the first time something like that has happened. I hope you have better luck. I'm looking at trying to get in at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix - NM has limited talent at best; my hope is that they can see something the doctors here can't or they have a test that might show something a simple MRI cannot. Good luck :)
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Thank you for being able to provide a new thread to pull! Mostly these boards are full of tragic stories with few answers. I will ask my doctor about your suggestion. Thank you!
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You sound like you are telling my story. I had C1, 2 and 3 fused 3 years ago, and I have a headache every single day....just like yours. I am so sick of it.
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June 2015 I had surgery with artificial discs put in C3, C4, C5, and C6 and artificial bone injected between, then held together with a metal plate. In July 2015 they did the same thing to disc L4, L5 and S1. Around Oct 2015, 4 months after 1st surgery, I started having severe migraines. They start at my neck and move up and around my head. I have them almost daily now. I Ann taking imetrex and have had injections. Nothing has helped so far.
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Hi I just had service serg on 12/29/15 c3 down to c7 or 8 2 cages and metal rods holding my spinal cord up I'm experiencing headaches across my forehead to build temples in over the top of my head down to my neck I like that giving birth was terrible thanks for the heads up on excedrin extra strength x straight also find it hard to lay on my right side without feeling a headache coming on
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I had a 4 level anterior cervical corpectomy 4 1/2 months ago and my headaches are just brutal. Not being able to take Advil is making things so much worse. All pain killers make me sick so I'm just icing and praying for time to pass so I can start to feel better.
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I'm so happy to have found this thread. I have not had a fusion surgery but another surgery is in future. I was born without my C1 and my C2 is deformed into a little nub. The surgery would be removing a bone from my hip and putting in my neck. Has anyone had something like this done? I'm 31 and they refuse to do it until I'm older due to the risks involved. I've had headaches my whole life and it wasn't until 4 years that they finally figured out why. Because i'm missing my C1, the weight of my head pushes down on my occipital nerve. I've always found a cold pack to help ease the pain, right at the base of my skull.
What i'm confused about in this thread....did you guys not have severe headaches before the surgery? Or has it been worse for everyone afterwards?
What i'm confused about in this thread....did you guys not have severe headaches before the surgery? Or has it been worse for everyone afterwards?
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