2nd opinion opinionsplease

[tweety00]

ok I got it done today you nger dr but an ortho surgeun ...darn np iasked for aneuro .... but anyways he agrees about cervical and would do same type ... but he did a few of the total disk arthroplasty with medtronic prestige disk in canada and thinks ... it is equal to fusion..

so bad boy and others ive been reading about them but all clinical trials are so so ..

He thinks that I should Wait til its gets worse before doing a anterioir cerivical blahblah

get it done close to home where Iwent today or be 3 hours away ???

but hmm I dont want to be dropping things and be in that much pain before it gets fixed
i asked just howlong will it take for cervical headaches to be gone
hecould not promise that they will leave ..

So my head is spinning on what to do hubby wont help ..
right now i feel great took a nap to relax
if i keep hands moving i dont feel tingling
but moving around quality goesdown fast
hewouldnt also state it waswork related since he wasnt there ..


ok for the funny part ( stillneed some humer) ok when i was pg with oldest we got to watch a great detailed movie about lamaze and birth .. hubby was one of the guys wh left the room .. he started to feel "strange " hiswords .. funny for a frmer to get that way ok

anyways today as dr was showing me the mri and got to see my neck ... first time for me ... i started to ask alot of questions about stressing out over bulges etc etc .. hubby had to leave the room again ... ok i think it finally hit him that yep im really hurt since keeps saying you are theonly onewho knows how you feel ..
so Ive been kidding him about it reminding him about last time
hiscomment back is at least I wasnt theguy who hit his head onthe door as he fainted ... lol

Sorry about spacing but computer space bar bites andso doafew keyslol

[jayne]

tweety had injury apr6,2005 had c5-6 and c6-7 fused on apr6 2006 had cervical headaches from day 1 had 3 free weeks of headaches after surgery and havent had a day without one since......refused 2nd surgery have tried new things to get rid of them and they are working I wear a cervical pillow at nite....I have learned the hard way not to ride the lawn mower and the stress of driving is good for a mindblowing headache......I find heat and floating on water helps

[Pooh]

tweety

I take topamax to cut down on my migraines which do help some - but like jayne says - some meds are not for all. It controls some of my migraines but it doesn't get rid of them totally. And I only have slighly bulges and then shoulder problems.

There are medications that may help - but they may not put an end to the migraines/headaches. For me just picking something up sometimes can set them off or even the sun or food smells at this point. They have turned into real migraines in some sense yet start at the back of the neck and work foreward.

[capricorn]

Tweety.....I also have multiple problems in my neck and have been lucky enough to avoid surgery. As Jayne said heat and water are the best. Also massage. I found that after getting a massage ( this was done by my PT) 2 xs a week for 2 months has relaxed the muscles in my neck, hence the inflammation going down and that has taken away my headaches most of the time. Also as Jayne said sleeping with the right pillow in the right position helps. I feel blessed that I am able to tolerate what pain I have because I really don't ever want to be facing cervical surgery, though the spine specialist has told me not to outrule it.


CAP

[tweety00]

so everyone has the spine drs stated to any of you to have thesurgery ?? My 1 disk is half way into the spinal cord and others are just bulging ... read the mri again but that last word is the one that scares me the most ....


syringohydromyelia = fluid in the spinecord or tethered cord ...

Jayne would u be kind and tell me how you was feeling before
first surgery ? I know you have had alot of problems since I joined here..

guys im so lost and confused one moment i think yah it needs done next when im not hurting then i think i canhandle it ..
I just know this last guy thinks i should wait till it gets worse .. and clinic trailsstart then see how im feeling ..
all I know is that work makes me hurt and headaches all the time.

oooo and im so luck I got wrote up 2 times wed .. emloyer keeps saying that im all done thats what manager has been told .... and even before that they CANT find anything wrong with me ...

whine sorry sorry
on a happier note hopefully my daughter will get her first loan to buy a mini van for their dj business that they do on the side ..
Im feeling the empty nest here and its really nicesometimes and then others it too quiet .. darn youngens are growing up getting jobs ...

[Pooh]

tweety

not at this point - i am like jayne - one of those that form extra scare tissue around incission sites. Most just tell me to put off surgery until it is absolutely necessary.

[ONEILLCLAN]

I had surgery on April 20,2007. I feel almost 50 % better then before. The first two weeks after surgery was the worst. I am in PT now and that has been a little bit of a battle. I flare up very easy. I do feel better then before surgery is just is slow to recover. Good luck in whatever you decide.