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Originally Posted by NY65912
Wow, I never updated this thread. I had the surgery on 6/4/2019. It was very successful. They removed 3 cervical discs and install cadaver bone spacers in the empty space which knitts to the vertebrae.
I have no more finger, arm or neck pain. Everything went very well. I now have a 4" long titanium plate with 8 screws into the cervical vertebrae.
I spent 2½ days in the hospital. The first few days were very tough but the healing was amazingly fast and I was back at my desk in 2½ weeks. I should not have waited so long to have the surgery..
I was able to get by after being released with 1 or 2 oxy and Tylenol after the first day home. The neck brace was a pain but you get used to it.
Just updating in case anyone is thinking about the surgery.
Cheers, Mike
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That is great news.
I waited way too long for my hip replacement surgery. That was one of the dumbest things I ever did. Getting the surgery sure fixed me. It is a lot less dangerous than neck surgery, but all surgery has risks.