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Old 12-22-2008, 10:30 PM
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I've had sleep problems all my life, got worse as my neck got worse, since surgery my sleep problems have continued but are different, i have the problem of my hands going to sleep/tingling if I sleep on my side and back gets tiring, I still wear my collar at night because I'm a stomach sleeper and trying to break that habit. i sleep for about 1-3 hours at a stretch. I take flexeril or percocet if i really cant sleep and need to function well the next day, but dont want to get in the habit of taking it every night. no ambien for me, i do enough weird stuff in my sleep as it is, i have night terrors and a history of sleepwalking
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Timeline:
1988:sprained neck roller skating
1989:dislocated neck in a freak accident
1993:MVA
1995:diagnosed with bulging disc C5/6
2000:disk herniated
2000-2004:multiple treatments including nerve root block, trigger point injections, epidural steroid injections, pt
2005-2008: pain meds and muscle relaxers only
ProDisc-C replacement on c5/c6 11/18/08
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