ACDF C4-C7 2.5 years later - Q&A
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- Hello. Another random video.
I went back through the last year of videos and logged the questions and comments you made and figured I'd do a reply video :)
Hope I got most/all of them!
If I missed any or if you have any questions or want to share your story and how you're currently, please do so!
I am so appreciative of all the interactions here!
Thank you and Happy New Year (Again)
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As a pain researcher at a major university medical center, I strongly recommend seeing a fellowship trained (not just residency trained)spine surgeon at an academic medical center, even if it requires some travel for you. Multiple outcome studies show that it does *not* matter if it is an orthopedic spine surgeon or neurosurgical spine surgeon.
Thanks for these helpful videos. I had a PCDF, which was successful, except I'm still experiencing C5 Palsy. It's been two months and I can't yet lift my arms above my shoulders. Doctors say the range of motion will come back in time. I think C5 palsy is more common after PCDF. Best of luck to you.
You are such a beautiful spirit.
TY? :)
Thanks Kim, your message on your surgery helped me so much. I even mentioned you to my surgeon who is a Neurosurgeon. I wanted a neurosurgeon because of the specific nerves in the neck. I am about three weeks postoperative and I appear to be healing okay. Keep the videos coming because they are truly helping people.
Yay!!! Thats good news! Yes I will prob use a neurosurgeon next
And thank you for the feedback 💜
great video thank a lot . wishing you a happy healthy life
I'm so sorry your going through this pain. I just had 3 lever fusion done. It was C5, C6, C7 four weeks ago. My doctor Moza is a neurologist and a very good doctor in Agoura hills California. Im doing well. I had suffered from pain in both arms, shooting from my neck. I had no feeling in my finger tips. I had really bad headaches behind both ears. After surgery no more pain are headaches are numbness in fingers. I hope you go see a neurologist to redo your surgery. You shouldn't have to go through life in pain. I pray everything works out for you. You are such a nice lady and a great personality.
I'm in my 10th month and I have so many pain in neck. Hands I have a hard time swallowing it taste like metal
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Hi Kim! Greetings from the Netherlands! I follow all your video’s . At the beginning, I couldn’t find many people of mine age (43) or information after ACDF , the proses of healing, whatever bad or good experiences people had been having. I had a operation on 1 of December 2022, so it makes 8 week’s ago. I must say, you have been supporting me without knowing that! So thanks for that ! I believe everyone has his own complaints about his recovery, but same things are also very familiar, i will keep on following you! I hoop we all vind the way to live with our pain and try to manage it!
Going on my second ACDf surgery. What they don’t tell you is that prepare for the second surgery about 10 years after the first one due to adjacent segment disease.
Oh great
Hello Kim, Ive watched several different videos of peoples experience with this same surgery, but im glad I found you, ha. Im three weeks out from the same surgery, C3-C7 yes 4. Got a 5 inch vertical cut up my throat, looks like ive been in a knife fight. Im still fighting the swallowing thing, just not as bad, still ache from the preparation of the surgery itself, neck, arm etc. They literally strap you down both your arms and neck area where you wouldn't move in a F-5 tornado. You talking about your pain after having surgery 2.5 years ago has me concerned. I hope everything is ok with you, and works out well. I heard a neurosurgeon, say the other day, however you are in a year after your surgery is how you will be the rest of your life, that doesn't appear to be the case for you, there's several questions I would like to ask you but I've already typed enough. I'm debating on therapy or not my sister's a CRNA and says she doesn't think it's necessary, I've had other people tell me it will help so I don't know, like I say I'm just 3 weeks out from surgery so I'm learning all of this stuff. I wish I would have found your other videos sooner and I am going to go back and watch some of them. Love your sense of humor, personality and attitude. Thank you for your videos, I plan on watching the earlier ones also. I've had several surgeries in my life none dealing with the spinal cord, until this one, this is the worst surgery I've had by far. Sincerely, Pete from Alabama.
hope you are doing well!
Hi. Great video. I like your videos because they are real and address a lot of the issues that people who have had ACDF surgeries go thru. Some people do great but not all of us. I just recently had revision surgery for my C5-C7 ACDF surgery because of lack of fusion at C6-C7. So far I am feeling much better than my last surgery two years ago but dealing with shoulder blade pain. Trying to take it one day at a time. Wishing you well. And thank you for the videos. 🙏😍
Well that’s helpful. Good to hear your revision surgery helped !! Gives hope
Yes, take it easy. I listened to Kim and it has helped me I am three weeks out from having my C5 - C7 done because I was rear-ended by a drunk driver twice the legal limits. I wish you well always.
Such a sweetie.... just had mine last fri ...time will tell ...blessings
hey... any updated?? wishing you speeding recovery :)
Thanks for the shoutout Kim! Your videos inspired me to record and post my journey/recovery. I'm doing pretty well and am about to record a before/after neck mobility video (it's the #1 question I get for sure) in the coming days and post it. I was very concerned about it myself prior to surgery so the day before surgery I recorded myself turning my neck every which way. Will soon record again, now 5 months post-surgery, the same movements and post a side-by-side. Re surgeon recommendations - I consulted with a total of 5 before selecting one. Word of mouth can be helpful but it is often based on bedside manner/how nice the surgeon is. I found that the best gauge is how widely published the surgeon is. Dr. James Harrop (Jefferson) and Dr. K. Dan Riew (Weil-Cornell in NYC) are well known, highly respected and were contributors to the guidance paper published a few years back intended to guide other surgeons on how to determine when a patient should be recommended for cervical spine surgery or not. I met with both and decided to go with Dr. Harrop and my outcome has been excellent so far. For you I suggest subitting your info to Dr. Riew's office for review. It's worth the 90 minute drive/train ride up to get his take.
Kim, just see a Neurosurgeon and they will be so much help. And then , post about it please. My Neurosurgeon is Dr. Robert Johnson lll in Novi, Michigan one of the best.
Thank you ❤
14days of ACDF c4-c7 this is a day by day recover Hope you kill that problem in your 2nd surgery Don’t forget to ask for help , please. Get Better 🇵🇷.
i'm 4 weeks in this thursday and feeling anxious. post op visit is wednesday, but i'm getting a lot of burning and headaches up the back of my head. people keep telling me get to week 6... any thoughts?
I also love your personality and I am straight. 🙃 I have been following your posts for 2 years now and they help a lot. My problem is that my disc went mostly to my right side, arm and leg. They got very weak and eventually I sprained my ankle, because my leg was not working properly and my ligaments got torn. Now, I have this horrendous pain in my foot and I don’t think about my numb hands at the moment. I didn’t get surgery, even though I was scheduled. I freaked out. Epidural injections helped with this killer pain I had in my arms. This was so bad that I wanted to die. This epidural saved me. I wear my collar very often and that helped with my neck pain. I know that it is not recommended, but it helped me a lot. So I think you should try things and see what helps you and don’t listen to every single suggestion. Everyone is different.
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It’s so weird how it’s a snowball effect in times of healing. I hope you get better and thank god your injections are working.
Absolutely agree
@@AlexanderMedvediev My herniations are in my neck and thoracic spine, but I guess they hit the spinal cord as my legs, especially right, were weak and numb.
@@AlexanderMedvediev I am sorry. I guess your body needs to adapt to the implants and probably that’s gonna take a lot of time. I had to give up my job and my hectic lifestyle following the nerve damage and partial paralysis. It’s necessary to take it easy and make adjustments.
❤ hey there I'm in the hospital I'm 31 years old same condition as yourself ect. Surgery is Wednesday my first one... as my condition is completely almosr cutting my oxygen to the brain and heart, but I trust my Neurosurgen, I did not know that things may still be painful after surgery ... it's making me wonder now
Hey. How are you now?
Hearing that info must be scary. I hope you have a good support system
@@KimWright thank you for the reply. I hope you are ok and well. I did not go through with the operation, I want to but have decided on end of the year due to I'm afraid with little ones at home and it's only me with them and all the to do , so everything in me wants the operation but due to that I know it's not the right time. But I had a home made Comfrey root made for me to put on like a salf, and this is the first time in 5 years anything else works for making me feel ok everyday. To me it works stronger then my daily Voltaren lol so I'm blessed with that for now.
But I believe u know how hard it takes a toll on a person to have it in the way of every thing you do daily. It's never easy.
I appreciate your reply
I just watched a video on Nitric Oxide pills that help carry the red blood cells which carry your oxygen around your whole body and open up your arteries. Try it! Best wishes to you.
Hi Kim, I absolutely LOVE ❤ your personality because it is just like mine (especially the inappropriate ones 😜 25:43). I am right there with you 💯 %. 😂 I believe that laughter and kindness is great for one’s soul and for situations. A smile is everything to me. But this situation stops making one laughter and definitely not smile when dealing with pain, headaches and uncertainty of surgery and their future. Why go through all that trouble of surgery on your SPINE (and we only have one) just to have the pain, tingling, numbness and other symptoms just as before surgery come again a year later?! I am almost 12 years out from my initial diagnosis (I actually had temporary paralysis one of the most scariest times of my entire life) and I am looking at having surgery in the next few weeks to months. I have been trying my best to avoid surgery at all cost, but I was told that when it comes to the spine they treat symptoms not CT findings which I understand. My symptoms have gotten worse in the last month and yesterday at work I had such significant decrease strength and power in my arms and legs, I went to the emergency dept. After more CT they told me what I have been avoiding for so long. So I’ll bite the bullet and do the surgery and maybe make my own TH-cam videos about my journey as well. Thank you for your videos and for sharing. Good luck to you on the rest of your journey. I’ll be following. New subbie here,from Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦
haha.. thanks! yeah- I can't help it sometimes lol
Thank you.
I def. agree about how pain affects ones world and personality And I have a big/strong personality. I have def changed and my friends also see it. Im much more withdrawn and it takes a lot for me to laugh. But I'm doing my best :) It will come back, or it will just develop into a new one.. hopefully more positive and pain free.
When is your surgery? and LMK if you make a channel!!
Thankyou 4 ur positivity🌸 im awaiting surgery but unsure wot@ mo🤯, complete loss ov right hand for 2 wks with severe pain in arm for 3mths, previously yrs ov neck pain& back, told fybromyalgia my hormones dystonia 🤷♀️ been pumped wiv bottox for cervical dystonia for 7yrs didn't stop pain but helped wiv movements, just fed up wiv feeling in pain for yrs, apparently an mri scan done@ last& I've got no choice 4 surgery as cud b paralysed, I terrified, can I chat in future via email as I don't do Instagram, or only thru here/ ur posts? Thankyou 🌈
How is that your left side? Thanks for your videos!
Hope you doing well,
Headaches could be cause by the medication
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You may have addressed this but have you considered nerve ablation? My surgeon wants me to try it before 2 level ACDF. My symptoms are milder than yours.
I’ve heard of that before but none of the doctors suggested it as a next step. But I can bring it up again. Thank you
Thank you for reading my comment. I wish you well and i hope you have a speedy recovery. You are really a nice person. The normal neck vertebrae should have a lordotic curve which means that the vertebrae should be curved inwards from behind the neck and a change in the alignment of the vertebrae to becoming straight alters the biomechanics of the neck causing problems in the discs. This link might help you
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Hope you doing well, check there youtube
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