very true...if you have bone spurs try this
I had to reach out after my third surgery Oct of 2009. I had clinical depression. My first step was that we got the internet. Which was funny because the last thing that I feel like doing is being on a computer at the end of the the day. But it was my link to the outside world. I was stuck at home, unable to turn my head, unable to drive, I was boarded out of my mind! Daytime TV sucked...Sorry, can I say sucked on here? Forgive me....So, we got our Sony Vaio laptop and ATT internet and here I am....Then finally I got myself into physical therapy and got my range of motion back. It took weeks.... Can you believe that with a three level fusion you could ever turn you head again??? Problem is I am hypermobile. That is why the levels above and below my fusion are going out. They are having to take on so much stress. Thankfully the facet injections are at the very least lessing the pain my my neck. I am hopefully going for rhizotomy next week. Some relief and less pills is a wonderful way to start the new year!
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female age 45, height 5"6", 145 lbds, non smoker, conservative treatments failed, (7/2007) C4/5/6 peek disc replacements,plate & screws failed fusion,
(9/2008) revision with bone replace plate and screws, (10/2009) C3/4 stand alone peek cage, (12/2010) facet joint injections C3-7, (1/2011) rhizotomy C6/7 failed, Trouble swallowing
most recent mri (7/2011) shows ajacent level issues: right neural foraminal narrowing C2/3, posterior bulge indents thecal sac at C6/7/T1 no mass effect on cord.
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