I need to know if anyone here has ever had a surgey on both the back and front of their neck to do fusions?................Iam due for surgery next month and have no idea what to expect or bad the pain will be or for how long....................please someone??????
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I had a 360 fusion front and back incisions on 2-27, to correct 4 levels c4-c7, took hip stem cell with titunium and cadaver bone and I was in surgery almost 9 hours and recovery 2 days and 3 days in hospital, woke up in a brace tubes all over me hurting like hell
after 3 days the tubes were out and I was able to get up and take a shower... that was hard, recovery has been better than i expected, i had some numbness and arm pain, which i still have a little arm pain in Left arm top near shoulder and muscle. Taking Lyrica now the numbness is gone and it has been 11 weeks and I am working from home 4-6 hours a day, i drove yesterday a short distance. hard but managable... Im taking off the brace 2-3 hrs a day and no shower collar anymore. I wear a bone stimulator 4 hours a day to help speed up the fusion... every time ive been for exrays all hardware looks good and intack, i can now move my neck pretty good, and it is sore and stiff mostly from the brace, therapy starts onm the 24th and then hopefully back to my life. Driving, working all day, etc...
I will you well with yours be pre pared its a long recovery 12-14 weeks... Katie
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