oh boy
I just checked Ebay to see if my wife is auctioning off my beard! She still has the braid and I think she will keep it. It is growing back at a records pace, there already is an itchy half an inch of regrowth. 1 year = 12 inches. I will be good for the next Santa job. The incision is already disappearing.
I am now close to 2 weeks post op. Bandage gone. The pain is primarely muscular, I don't think much is coming from my spine but my neck muscles sure have to readjust. The improvements to my hands are a miracle and my feet have improved but my right foot is stilll full of sensations that come on a little slower once I get up (and speak-shut up!) but responds to rest quicer then before. I have taken the collar off a few times in the house and it feels good. Don't tell the doctors!
NO HEADACHES!!!! and no funny noises in my neck