Guest guest Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 Just wanted to post an update regarding c-spine surgery.I have to say I thought after going through revision surgery this would be a piece of cake but boy was I wrong,I mentioned this to my surgeon at my post-op visit and he said in some ways this one turned out to be more complex!Apparently once they got in there things were worse than they thought and they had to do a corpectomy they cut away part of all three vertabrae (c4-c7)took ot the discs and put this long,huge,cage in as well as a plate and of course more screws-I'm starting to feel like a toolbox and you should see my x-rays now.He also said they had to jack my spine so far apart it's pretty fragile until fused.Soo I'm stuck in this Aspen Collar for 4 months 24 hours a day and I have to say out of all the appliances I've worn over the years(Milwaukee Brace,Boston brace,body cast)this is the worst!!!!!So I'm now fused c4-c-7 then T2 to the sacrum which at least means I don't have many discs left to break down.It's been pretty rough,especially since I just had my revision done barely a year ago but hopefully there's a light at the end of the tunnel.I wish everyone here good strong cervical spines and Cam I sure could use one of your famous pep talks cause I'm feeling pretty bummed..............Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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