Wow fhanks everyone for the replies,I feel so alone and helpless in this matter.I am wondering this doctor is a orthopedic specialist and is this who should be doing this surgery,or perhaps a neurologist. I beleive this to be c-4 c-5 or maybe c-6 c-7 and the doctor wants to go anterior and put in a fusion and a steel plate. This will be my first surgery ever at 46 years old and it is scareing me to death. Having someone cut a hole in my neck and move all my vital parts out of the way to access my spine.I have a wonderful wife and 2 daughters and am recently a grandfather so I have a lot of people counting on me.Sorry to run on like that LOL. I raced motocross for many years and played Hockey and I guess I will have to pay for beating myself up everyday for 46 years. The doctor was saying there were risks like cutting nerves or a vocal cord or infection and I am not feeling very lucky right now.My Mri's all showed the cord with a white ring around it and the problem one was all black with nothing around it. Thanks for letting me rant. John
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2 level fusion c-5 c-6
47 Years Old but my bones are 90
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