The surgery decision is a big one. Is your pain at a point where you cant cope with it? For me the decision to go under the knife was made when it got to the point where my life was being defined by the pain. I had a cervicaql fusion and a follow on foramentomy the year after. No initial swallowing problems, but had problems later, which lasted for a few weeks. Never heard of anyone being bed-bound as a result of their op...I was up the next day. What ever you decide, good luck
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1998 Diag Deg Disc Diesease
1999 L4/5 Nrve Block
1999 Cord Compression
1999 L3/4/5 Laminectomy
2001 MRI C3/4/5 nerve compression
2002 Nerve block injections
2004 Nerve block injections
2005 CT scan and nerve block injections
2006 Cord compression at C5
2006 C5 Copectomy, fusion cage and plate
2007 C5 Formamentomy
2008 L4/5/6/S1 CT Myelograms
21/11/2008 L5 fusion L4 & L3 ADR
26/07/2009 C4/5 Fusion and plate
12/03/2010 C5 Nerve Block
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