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Gonzo

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Gotta hang up the polishers for a bit. My right arm is going numb from shoulder to fingertips. Also pins-and-needles. also phantom temperature changes - cold to hot, then normal for a while. Xrays show disk shrinkage/collapse/erosion at C6-7 and symptoms confirm this. Specialist says first physio, then maybe injection of cortizone at site, then maybe to the KNIFE - fusion or laminectomy unknown at this time. First physio today - every exercise aggrivated the base level of P&N and numbness. MRI tomorrow to get accurate determination of disk damage. 3 principal aggravations are driving the car, mousing on computer and lying flat on my back.



Wish me luck - I will need all of it I can get ahold of.....
 
Best of Luck Gonzo, really sorry to hear but do hope that everything turns out well for you!
 
How old are you, G?



I had that, I'm 50. It was diagnosed as cervical stenosis. I was in a pretty bad way about a year ago, living on ipuprofen and percocets.



I did 12 weeks of physical therapy in Nov/Dec/Jan as a first option, and it worked pretty well. I know it's still there, but it's been held at bay for the last 4 months.



Hang in there. There really is such a thing as "no pain" again.





Tom
 
Ouch! I hope everything works out. I'd hate to hang up my buffer and go back to restaurant management.
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I'm 57. I had a laminectomy at C6 LHS 10 years ago. Woke up in recover room symptom free and been that way ever since. Now it RHS.



Don't get old - the ailments suck!
 
Gonzo- I too want to wish you all the best. Please keep us posted as to your progress, you have a lot of people pulling for you.
 
I'll update this thread on Monday after my meeting with specialist when we go over the MRI results.



Thanks to all for their "best wishes"
 
I will be getting a double fusion - C5-6 and C6-7 - next Tuesday. They do it via the throat. Discharge the following day. Hard imobilizing collar for 3 weeks with ZERO driving. After 6 weeks or so, on Dr orders physio may resume again for strengthening. Looks like my poor car will need to wait until September for that third layer of SG.....
 
Gonzo said:
I will be getting a double fusion - C5-6 and C6-7 - next Tuesday. They do it via the throat. Discharge the following day. Hard imobilizing collar for 3 weeks with ZERO driving. After 6 weeks or so, on Dr orders physio may resume again for strengthening. Looks like my poor car will need to wait until September for that third layer of SG.....
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I have no idea what most of these means but it sounds like progress. The SG will still be protecting the paint in September :up
 
The Dr will remove 2 disks from between some of the vertibrae in my neck, replace them with bone and hold everything together with a titanium plate.
 
Just go home and the surgery went off without a hitch. Now it is do nothing for 3 weeks in a hard collar, then Xrays will determine how well the fusion is coming along. Very little pain except in the throat where they had to shove things about a bit. I can barely speak above a whisper because of (normal for the procedure) irritation to vocal cords and nerves. I expect I get back to polishing paint sometime August/September some time.



Thanks to all for your prayers and well wishes
 
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