Hey Rob
your case appears to be similar to mine. I am about 9 days post-op now, my neck and arm pain is definitely much better, i am now needing about 6-8 tylenol ES in a day, off vicodin almost. I have a cold for last few days and whenever i sneeze, i get pain in my neck, around the site of surgery. I hope it will disappear soon. The weakness in my arm does not seem to have improved yet, I understand its going to take few weeks may be 6-12? what's ur take on this?
Just wanted to clarify, I had a minimally invasive procedure, endoscopically, with 2 cm incision on back of my neck, if u also had similar procedure, then we definitely would be comparable, as the non-endoscopic procedure probably have longer recovery times.
wishing u pain free life
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Navneet
April 09 - Right side neck and arm pain with weakness of rt arm at biceps and wrist extension.
MRI: C5-6 Right parasaggital disc herniation, protrusion type, extending into neural foramina.
5/6/2009: microendoscopic post cervical foraminotmy and microdiscectomy.
No trauma, only risk factors besides aging J
-Smoking - though I had quit 4 weeks prior to onset of symptoms - Ch*****worked
- BMI 25.6
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