I had a 3 level discektomy and fusion in July of 2007. C 4-7. THe nerve pain which was pretty severe went away in about 2 weeks.
Then all the fun started with thoracic pain and hip pain. In july of 2008 i had some ESI's in my cervical area. My spine surgeon does all levels at once. Feels like the OR staff used you for a punching bag after they knocked you out.
All was ok until feb. 2010. I had a few back surgeries inbetween. When i woke up from lung surgery my upper cervical area hurt more than the lung area.
I just had a cervical osteotomy and revision from the posterior. Not sure if all the pain is coming from up higher as C2-3 though.
Anyway i am now fused from C4 thru L-2. I wonder how much all the hardwear weighs!!
Also not sure if that was any help at all
judy
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