Re: Re: Two Disc Removed in Neck, Fusion & Metal plate

December 28, 2006

At 12:56 PM 12/28/06, you wrote:

>Hi Dave,

>Thanks for writing! Your Welcome

>My husband now acts like I had

>ttwo teeth pulled and to get on with my life. I think the stress in

>my life has not helped my recovery. I guess that could be a topic for

>another group,

Luckily I have a very supportive wife. But Stress is a big factor. When

I'm stressed about money which is often my pain shoots up and while it

comes on fast, it leaves very slow.

I forgot to mention I do get relief from a Tens unit and i get a massage

with a handheld electric massager everynight. My wife knows that five

minutes of that is my only hope for sleep.

> Also wanted to mention to Dave that I

>had a very hard time in the recovery room. I woke up in TEARS from so

>much pain.

When I woke up from my neck surgery I said to my wife, what the hell did I

do. It was the one time out of 4 surgeries that I was sorry I did it. The

pain was incredible.

>Another question I had for others in this group-

>Does depression set in for people dealing with all of these

>medical/pain issues?

For me yes. I'm on anti-depressants and see a counselor. The counselor

for me is to help manage the transition from being an equal partner and

breadwinner to being a dependant.

>I'll be the big 40 in Feb. and I just want to move on with my life.

>I'm grateful for the people that take time to write and try to help

>others with these kind of medical issues.

>P.S. I slept in my Lazy Boy chair for the first two weeks after my

>surg..

Many a night I ended up in the Lazy boy after bed failed. I do sleep with

my head and neck propped up quite a bit and I use a bone shaped pillow for

support. I can't get comfortable without it.

You'll find lots of answers and support here. Welcome to the group. Dave

December 28, 2006

At 12:56 PM 12/28/06, you wrote:

>Hi Dave,

>Thanks for writing! Your Welcome

>My husband now acts like I had

>ttwo teeth pulled and to get on with my life. I think the stress in

>my life has not helped my recovery. I guess that could be a topic for

>another group,

Luckily I have a very supportive wife. But Stress is a big factor. When

I'm stressed about money which is often my pain shoots up and while it

comes on fast, it leaves very slow.

I forgot to mention I do get relief from a Tens unit and i get a massage

with a handheld electric massager everynight. My wife knows that five

minutes of that is my only hope for sleep.

> Also wanted to mention to Dave that I

>had a very hard time in the recovery room. I woke up in TEARS from so

>much pain.

When I woke up from my neck surgery I said to my wife, what the hell did I

do. It was the one time out of 4 surgeries that I was sorry I did it. The

pain was incredible.

>Another question I had for others in this group-

>Does depression set in for people dealing with all of these

>medical/pain issues?

For me yes. I'm on anti-depressants and see a counselor. The counselor

for me is to help manage the transition from being an equal partner and

breadwinner to being a dependant.

>I'll be the big 40 in Feb. and I just want to move on with my life.

>I'm grateful for the people that take time to write and try to help

>others with these kind of medical issues.

>P.S. I slept in my Lazy Boy chair for the first two weeks after my

>surg..

Many a night I ended up in the Lazy boy after bed failed. I do sleep with

my head and neck propped up quite a bit and I use a bone shaped pillow for

support. I can't get comfortable without it.

You'll find lots of answers and support here. Welcome to the group. Dave

January 5, 2007

& Group,

Just wondering with your surg., If they went in from the front of the neck? My

operation was done from the front of the neck-in order to get to the cervical

disc. I still have a problem with swallowing. They also moved my voice box and I

have some problems with projecting my voice. I am only back to work for about

4.5 hours a day. I am so run down, I can hardly make it four hours at a desk

job. I try and stay positive-but this truly SUCKS! I was in a car accident a

little over a year ago and have been in pain ever since. I switched insurance

providers and I am now trying to find a counselor that is in my network. I need

to someone to talk to about this pain. I feel like I'm really going to loose it.

My doctor gave me a different pain med. at my follow up appointment. I wonder if

I should be seeing a pain management doctor instead of my neo-doc for my pain.

I wish I could start a local " support group " for people living with chronic

pain. I live one hour north of Chicago and one hour south of Milwaukee,WI..

Anybody else out there from my area that might want to form a group? I know that

might sound strange, but I'm just so sick of living with this pain.

The plate that was put in with screw seems to be making my neck very tender in

that area-wonder why right! I am concerned because the tenderness seems so much

worse that it was even two weeks ago. All my neo-doc has to say about everything

is-oh, that's normal.

I was also wondering if anyone might have any info on nerve damage after

having neck surgery?

Any ideas or thoughts from anyone would be great!

I am so frustrated I could scream!!!

From, Wsuz

grasshopperx_10 <woody10@...> wrote:

Wsuz. ME too!!!! I am WORN DOWN TO A FRAZZLE ...exhausted from all

the years of pain. Hope you feel better.!!!!! i was thinking of

trying a PT but I don't know? Either???Love cindy(grasshopperx)

>

> Hello!

> My first post to this group. Six weeks ago I had two disc's removed

> from my neck, bone put in instead of disc and then a metal plate

> screwed in. Just wondering when other people might have felt back

to

> normal? I still have pain everyday-different kind of pain than

before

> the surg.. I'm so sick of dealing with this pain. I feel like no

one

> else really understands than people that have been through it.

> My doc says that I can start p.t.. I wonder if p.t. really helps

after

> surg.? Before my surg., p.t. made my pain A LOT worse.

> I went back to work

> part-time three weeks after my surg. Now I'm at the six week after

> surg. and I still feel SO TIRED! Over-doing it seems to come fast

for

> me at this point.

> Please send any words of wisdom.

> Kind Regards to all of the other people who suffer from chronic

pain.

> WSuz

>

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January 6, 2007

Hi, Wanda, I had a c5-c6c7 fusion & Metal plate put in just like you. My

operation was done in the front of my neck. I had my surgery done about seven

months now and I still have alot of pain. First the Dr said you have some pain

and it is normal.He said this kind of surgery use to take six months to a years.

My pain got so worst that it travel from my neck, arms, and low back and to the

back of my leg. I went back to see my surgeon and he order a MRI and CT scan and

it show that I have a bulgin disk and a pinch nerve on my disk which is c3 c4

and he want to perform another surgery. I think to myself if he didn't fix the

my problem before that what made him think that if he perform on c3 c4 is giong

to be better. I had so many sugery in past. for exemple i had donated a kidney

and had a historectomy done and never experiend this kind of pain in my life

and I never complained. My neck start hurting me right after the car accident

happened to me I was

in the automobile car accident

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