Thank you so much Harrison and Jeff for the feedback and support. Thank you for confirming what I suspected about surgeon experience. I'll have to do some more digging to see if anyone in my neck of the woods is experienced enough. (I thought I had the right surgeon lined up but for some reason I have not been able to get back on his schedule since our first consult!???)
I think I am not using the right nomenclature regarding the fusion. I have been told I will need three discectomies, and therefore c4 - c7 will be fused. Do you know what outcomes are for that many levels? Meanwhile, C3-4 is also extruded and there is lateral and foraminal stenosis. I am afraid that eventually my whole neck is going to be fused. (Sigh.)
Jeff, your experience sounds similar...how is your neck now with the combined fusions and adr?
Thank you, again.
Marita
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Herniated discs C3-4 - C6-7
Mild - moderate spinal cord compression at three levels
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