[Ray R]

Hello all,

We have been given a date for surgery of March 9th at Bogen with Dr. Bertagnoli (2 level ADR c5-c7) . Thank you Richard and everyone else on this forum for your help.

I have a couple of questions for anyone who has gone through this process.

1. I recieved a list of several hotels in the area. Can anyone personally recomend one over the others?
2. For those of you who have had a cervical procedure; what would you consider the minimum time post-op before returning home? We would not mind staying for a while except for the fact that we have a 7-yr. old we will be leaving with his grandfather.
3. Can I survive coach on the return flight? I really don't want to shell out the cash for business class.
4. Is it even worth fighting BCBS to try and recieve any sort of payment? Do I really have any realistic chance of recieving any payment on a 2-level cervical ADR?
5. How long before you were able to return to work?

Thanks,
Ray