ACDF SURGERY: 1 year post multilevel (3) ACDF SURGERY C4-C7 

Good luck !! Lmk if you make any videos 😉. I’ll prob make an update video or go live tomorrow

Lol. Heyyyyy

I hear that. I just start at Wellbutrin XR. It seems to be helping. I also have a bunch of family stress happening too I hope you get relief

hope all is still well!

Good luck today

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I had mine done two weeks ago and so far doing really well .

Thank you !!!!!!

I so relate to this ! Keep me posted

Hello Kim sorry for the late reply.. Work and time difference.. But sadly I was due to have my C5/6 +-C6/7 ACDF and T1 augmentation surgery on Wednesday last week. On the last minute it was cancelled due to a high influx of emergency inpatients that my surgeon had to deal with and is still doing so. Last Monday I had my last lot of xrays and ct scans done for my surgeon to assess, and after a lengthy chat regarding my symptoms and current situation he was it is quite severe and he his desperate and eager for me to have the surgery as its quite a mess from c4-t1. It looks like over the years after an old accident 10 years ago that was not addressed properly at the time my vertabraies had developed bone over growth front and rear of the vertabraie and over the years the disks have collapsed and slowly bulged out trapping several bilateral nerve roots and bulged outwards onto my spinal coloum and cord. Also a normal bone growth has encroached into the spinal column causing the cord to be severly squashed and pinched at 3 locations.. No wonder I'm having mobility issues 😂 waddling around like a Drunken man, and that's on a good day.. Very self conscious of it when out in public even at work.. Recently it has got worse in both arms and hands ie the numbness and tingling, painful shoulders and neck pain as my medication is not working as well as it was a month ago. No other medication availble so have to live it until a new date for my operation is given this week 🤞😁 Because there is quite a lot work to be carried out by my surgeon he warned me that he will be operating through the front and back of my neck mostly to get better access to my spinal cord to relive the preasure caused by my vertabraie bones growing abnormally into the canal.. It was quite shocking actually last week to see for the first time my mri scans etc and have my surgeon point out everything and how much work would be involved 6hrs appropriately the operation will take.. I didn't realise it was that bad.. But he assures me it's all fixable and I should be 90 % back to normal after a period of several months recovery and building up my strength again and getting more active etc 😁 It is Definatley a very frustrating thing to go through and sometimes embarrassing with my clumsyness caused by my brain signal cord disfunction, even feeding myself with a knife and fork is a chore as I can not feel anything properly, very clumsy and comical sometimes 😂😁 I am keeping as positive and cheery as much as I can, but do have down days.. But knowing my operation is soon 🤞 I'm looking forward to it now and hoping for a good 2022 back to full fitness and doing what I enjoyed in life before all this started. 😁😁 I hope you are doing well and feeling great with no issues and fully recovered and Enjoying yourself x 😁 I will let you know how I got on post op... Its just a shame it'll be so near Xmas and miss out on all the party's and socialising due to recovering 😪 Takecare Kim hope you have a good Xmas planned 😃

I've never been -- but I def cant wait to travel again -

Thank you so much

Hello. I just got updated c and l spine mri's . waiting to hear from them to see when to make an apt. I really dont want that surgery but the headaches and neck pain and worsening numbness in left hand is getting annoying. I'd love to hear about your experience

🥰🤗. Right ! My pain and body discomfort at nights been worse lately.

@@KimWright I feel calm

Becuase of your videos !

Good luck and speedy healing ❤️‍🩹

Keep me posted on your journey.

Doctor says to protect your neck. Go easy to protect disks above and below fusion

@@KimWright kim I'm glad to see you back. I hope you get much better. Are you on Facebook or Instagram? would love to talk to you.

I’m on Facebook and it’s ok to talk

Oh not me lol

Thank you. I have more good days than bad :)

I had some. Always had neck/trap pain. Now still have moments. Zaps. Tightness and pain at times. Stiffness.

@@KimWright I have terrible Radiculopathy in both arms along with pain across my traps….it sometimes will be worse on one side or the other. My surgeon told me it would take some time because the nerves were trapped for so long. I also had 3 level C4-C7 on Jan 19 this year. Thanks for sharing your experience and responding to me. Best wishes as your recovery progresses.

def get a lot of opinions from drs.. dangerous vs debilitating ... ?

Hope you’re improving

I will be really sending good thoughts your way John. I know you will do better.

Idk. I think I’m still recovering. But more bc I have new issues.

Thanks.. For reply .

Hello. No changes. But I’ll make a video update or go live tomorrow

@@KimWright Thanks. Your video updates mean a lot to me.

@@raylanier4519 actually. Still working. It’ll be prob this weekend.

MJ helped - but I'm not a fan of it so eventually switched to a cocktail of muscle relaxors/nerve med and pain meds and injections (which i hated and didn't work for me) ---... now i only take pain meds infrequently -- def take that nerve test and get a good pain management team

Hey ! You ok? I can’t do therapy outside of PA

I see all your videos, and living alone you been through wey challenging times, you are very inspirational!!

@@jellodog8615 thank you so much !!

Yes, Decided to not do it!

never heard of that. I hate how we as patients in the non medical world need to do so much research to get the best care and tell the dr's what to look at/consider

IDK why YT is now showing me these. I hope you are ok

No issues at all. I had Mine done a year ago

@@KimWright Great! Thanks.

Hello. No changes. But I’ll make a video update or go live tomorrow

I’m not a doctor and it’s different for everyone. Steroids did help me w pain when the inflammation was severe

Possibly. Idk. Can you ask your dr ?

I get it. But I think you’ll eventually know when you need to do something. I think there’s different levels of pain and I think it’s sometimes a trade off for other benefits ? It sucks. I know

I mean, anything can happen. I have new issues going on.. so it's a bit frustrating but it is what it is

I did. They didn’t help

@@KimWright oh ok,we’ll I’m glad your feeling better🙂

I couldn’t unfortunately I couldn’t even tolerate gravity at that point

@@KimWright I have also suffered from this evil pain for good 2 months. Thankfully I am getting better now. I understand why you would have opted for surgery. May you get well soon. However, I would still urge everyone to please don’t mess with your cervical spine by getting surgery done. Pain will go away itself within 2-3 months. I had a sever pain in neck which radiated in my shoulder and left arm. Later also developed weakness in arm which was really disappointing. I had protrusion at C4-C5 and disc bulge at C5-C6 and I was on gabapentin 300mg (td) and believe me it won’t won’t work on pain. It’s been now hardly a week now that I am feeling better as the intensity of the pain is gone but it’s still there. My advice is to simply beer the pain no matter what cuz I know it’s tough and one simply wants it to just go away and it will go away by itself, trust me on that. Just find yourself a good PT and make lifestyle changes. Add healthy food in your diet and also start having turmeric milk with one spoon coconut oil at night. Stay strong and have faith. Let the body heal itself. FYI, in over 90% of the cases, discs heal itself. All the best