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Things went well! The "listen to your body" thing is hard to do when your on pain meds and pain-free. I kept trying to go off of the pain meds because I thought I was healed, only for the pain to come back with a vengance. I needed both the pain meds and the muscle relaxers for 4-5 weeks. Returned to work after 6.5 weeks.

For anybody having this surgery - don't try to be superwoman/man. Don't stress about needing the pain meds for weeks, and I almost needed the muscle relaxers MORE than the pain meds. The worst part was coming off of the medications and I had horrible RLS in both ARMS for about 4 nights, as well as withdrawl depression.

My soft collar was my best friend for those 5 weeks. I still put it on occasionally to give my neck a bit of a rest when I feel that it needs it.

I'm very pleased with the results, and extremely glad that I had this done.