THANK YOU!!!! I am 3 weeks post ACDF, and like you not really feeling pain and impatient so have been doing stuff. Gosh I hope I haven't done any damage. Thanks to you I will now just take it easy, no trimming hedges or sweeping paths, or sawing off small branches off the peach tree (only takes a second or two and its easy - so I thought). Will stick to walking. Have first phone consult with neurosurgeon 11 July (surgery was 9 May) so hopefully if I am good from now on it will all be ok... I cannot thank you enough for this video, I haven't been able to find much on activity post op and I think yours has quite possibly saved my surgery!!!!
Saw your comment re your knee... heads-up: take a look at 'knee, prolotherapy, caring medical' in YT search. With prolotherapy you just might be able to avoid knee surgery and get back to where you were before it started playing up! Good luck.
Thanks for updating my wife had her acdf 456 a few days ago looking at a time line for her and some information different things. Your video are very helpful
Thank you for sharing your journey with your ACDF. I was having some significant symptoms related to this issue but it was the pain that got me into docs. MRI & X-rays later I have c-4 through c_6 needing to be fused. Your videos helped me as what could happen (everyone is different) after surgery. I am having a bit of anxiety about it but you have helped me to relax a bit. Thank you
Thanks for chiming in. It's normal to feel anxiety with this, it's a serious surgery, but very routine for the doctors. The anticipation of the unknown is the worst. It's tough for the first week or so, but time goes by and you will be happier with the results than you are with your pre-surgery conditions. I hate surgery, but given the circumstances, I'm very happy I had mine done and am way better off for it. Good luck, and keep me posted!
I'm just seeing your video in 2023. I hope all is healed in your recover. I'm having my 4,5 and 6 disc surgery (cervical stenosis) in 2024. I'm sooo glad you documented your journey with us. Now I know what to actually expect. I hope my recovery goes as well as yours. Thank you very much.
Thank you for chiming in, and good luck!! I'll post a short update in a week or two. I'm approaching two years since my surgery, and yes, the recovery has gone well overall. I'm in a really good place right now. Please keep me posted on yours.
I am going to have an mri next month but my ortho doctor is fairly certain that I will need surgery. Thank you for your video. On top of cervical stenosis, bone spurs I have a reverse of normal cervical lordosis.
Thanks for chiming in. I hope that all gets restored for you too. I had issues after my back fusions with a lot of lingering nerve issues, several I was told not to expect it to get better, but they did. Here's to hoping! BYW, my neck fusion was just off I-15 in Sandy, at that big IHC hospital. 53rd South or so. Peter Maughan is my surgeon. Good luck!!
Looks like you had a nice recovery. Just wondering if you feel limited to what you can do now that your over a year out. Im a arborist and will have to have this surgery c6c7 this month. Im hoping I will be able to continue my career once I’m healed.
Thanks for chiming in. My neck fusion has not limited me at all. I take that back, I was going to enter a boxing tournament but decided not to because of it. I still ride motorcycles and workout regularly. I still do a ton of yard work. I still ride mountain bikes. I've cut back on flag football and basketball, but I've had a knee issue and have to get my toe fused, so it is more because of that, that and my back fusions. You may have to adapt a little, looking up at the sky (fireworks, airplanes, anything directly overheard) can be a little uncomfortable, but I adjust. It's actually almost been two years (November) so I'll do another update soon. Good luck with yours!
Hello sir I m from India I don’t khow you all doing even after surgery . Is it not scary ? Even u haven’t fear to again same obiveband below level herniation? Sorry sir but I m literally living in very much fear I have left my job I left to meet people friends left to watching TV even I m fearing to do travelling I just basic own work n li’l cooking doing . I m just 40 n whole day crying and thinking how my life will go this way . Though doctor has not confirm surgery yet they just MRI report came of disc potrusion and with medicine that pain went but after that discomfort around neck area is continued n as I read on google this pain come again and again I m in horrible stress how I will tackle all fearing so much . Sir can you pls pls tell me is there any chance to recover without Any surgery ? All r saying medicines and injection work only for few time years then sir wht to do how people r living with this pain . And all r saying this surgery is coming with lots of new complications sir sorry but r u not fearing with this all ? Wht is reality this is myth only or in reality also this is very scary surgery ? N honestly reply me how to sleep ? Pillow taking or not that question also not allow me to sleep whole night sir pls share how one can handle all this ?
@@donnaoja8879 i had surgery oct 4th my doc ordered me to wear the neck brace 24/7. He allows me to wear the cusion type At night. Good luck, and happy holidays
@@alfredgaitan1201 3. Numbers 4 5 6. Had a followup last month and xrays taken. The bottom two fused, but not the top one. Surgeon was thrilled, though. The only thing is i,m supposed to wear the neck brace 24/7 Getting tired of it. Merry xmas
I'm only a week out and this answered some questions wrt lifting and resistance bands. Thanks for sharing. Sorry to hear abt the swallowing. How long until the numbess returned for you? I'm a guitar player and have not been able to play for 8 weeks now. If i can't lift, and can't play music....I'm pretty lost.
Thanks for chiming in. Glad it's helped some, sorry you're going through it. Everything that was bad is no longer an issue. When I woke up from surgery I noticed immediate improvement in arm pain and numbness. Both would come back a little on and off, but no issues at all after a few months. Follow doctor's orders to a T afterward and your results will be good. Keep me posted man...all the best and blessed to you!
My very first symptom of a compressed nerve was losing control of my pick onstage. I found the pick angle sliding out of control. Doc said this morning that the C6-C7 nerve was visibly red and 'dented' on the right side more than left and that it should mostly recover in a year. Blew my mind that he described the actual red irritated nerve.
I had a 3 level ACDF November 6, 23. I've had 3 post op Dr visits, and he has told me I'm progressing really well. My major concern now is I'm still having problems with swallowing. If I just swallow saliva, it feels like I'm swallowing a marble. I have food that will get stuck and choke me. Even chewing smaller portions until the food is practically mush when I swallow my throat feels like its smaller in size than pre surgery and it's hard to get it to go down. I just had a barium swallow test with x-ray and nothing conclusive was found. Right now, I'm guessing that I'm stuck with the problem, or it'll work itself out. Other than the swallow problem everything is much better than before surgery. I haven't been totally released from the Dr but am free to walk as much as I want to and yard work. Plus, gym is back in my life with light lifting such as around 35 pounds.
It will all get better. I felt like I had a coin in my throat for a while. I look back on it all now and am amazed at how well it all turned out. Just back from the gym and a tough workout with my son, it's like I never had a problem and never had the surgery. You'll get there!
I literally just returned from the hospital after my ACDF yesterday. I am also a super impatient guy and wanting to lift weights, run, get s**t done. Instruction both pre and post surgery have seemed like "too much" with the lung exerciser, protein drinks, high protein meals, antibacterial body washes, this awful neck brace, yadda yadda. Watching this is a big help as far as taking the doc's recommendations seriously. It is SO hard to slow down. What do you think about some lower body exercises like lying leg raises for abs?
Thanks for chiming in. I wondered about leg raises, too, but decided on my own not to. I know me too well, I would have rationalized doing more than that. I held off completely. Looking back on it, to me went by quickly. Sucked big-time at the time, but has been worth waiting. Although, I risked it on the Splash Mountain ride at Disneyland 3.5 weeks post surgery. That was a lot dumber of me than leg raises would've been. I would just walk a lot...get 8-10k steps in each day and call it good.
I'm surprised that yours was brought about by your neurosurgeon... Mine is through ortho. My neurologist (I found out via the same MRI that I have MS as well) doesn't seem very interested in it.
... This video looks familiar. Was suppose to have my surgery (as an emergency) in March; so, may have watched it then. Long story short, having it on the 14th instead.
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After my acdf in 2021, still have neck pain. Related arm problems. New narrowing of the spine above and below surgery.
Sir pls stay on this channel and try to give your updates every month even after years and years because all r making few weeks and one or two year updates and not updating their channels and we people r living in thought may be that people have not good life after that last updates n those negative thought disturbing lots so pls sir continue to give updates more and more about this even after others having good reviews and wht mistakes all of have to avoid after disc herniation and surgery n all pls sir pls sir
I will have another update soon. In one week it will be two years since my surgery, so I'll post an update. Things are going very well with my neck though.
Hope you read my comment. Tomorrow it’s 4 weeks of the surgery. I’m still in pain. There is any advice that you could give me for me to sleep like any pillow or position. 🙏🏽
Elida, what kind of pain are you still feeling? Is it the nerve pain in your arms and other areas, or is more like muscle pain in your lower neck and shoulders? Or something different? Sleeping was probably one of the hardest things for me to figure out. I slept in a recliner for awhile after my surgery, but that started to bother my back. I currently sleep with four pillows, a huge feather filled pillow, two regular sized pillows that were extra fluffy, and a small pillow (shaped like a tube) I put between my knees. I have always been a stomach sleeper which is not good for a fused neck. I fall asleep on my side now with one regular pillow and the huge pillow under my neck and head, and the other regular pillow in front of my hip to keep me from rolling onto my stomach. The huge pillow I fold in half or reposition a couple times until it gets comfortable enough to fall asleep. Still being in pain for a month is not uncommon. Unfortunately, pain can linger for quite some time. My lower neck and shoulders hurt for a long time. My nerve pain would come and go for months before finally going away. I hope this information helps a little. Good luck as you continue to heal. It doesn't usually go as quickly as we hope it will, but it does get better. Keep me posted please...take care.
No, not necessarily. As I understand it, a fail is when the fusion itself doesn't happen...the bone doesn't "fuse" together, so you still have two separate pieces, instead of one solid piece.
How are you doing with recovery now? I thought your pre surgery symptoms sounded similar to my husband. He’s 2 weeks out and feeling quite a bit disappointed with his recovery. The collar seems to be a lot of the problem imo. Curious to see how you are now. Thanks
Hey there, thanks for chiming in. I'm actually doing exceptionally well, I literally never think about that I had the fusion done. Ok, not never, but almost never. I don't remember how I felt two weeks into it, though I couldn't swallow and I had a lot of muscle pain. Actually, I recall thinking things were going well, but then they seemed to not be, one step forward two steps back kind of thing. It is slow at first, but when the weeks start to go by you see and feel improvement. I honestly feel great now. I should do an updated video explaining that. About the collar, I just had the soft collar and really only wore it when I was in a car or sitting. I'm not sure I even wore it after two weeks. Sorry, I'm rambling, hope this helps somehow. Good luck to him!
@@aplaceformedaycare Hey there, Linda (that's what the TH-cam prompt referred to you as), that is correct, just 5-7. That will make your husband's recovery a little different than mine, not a ton, but a little. A friend of mine was a running back (college and NFL), had 4-7 done about a year before mine, and he's doing great. I've had back fusions too, and my neck is doing better than those overall. Having to be patient is the suckiest part, time drags after fusions, but he will heal just fine. Follow the doctor's orders to a T and things will be much better than if he tries to rush back, having to do a revised fushion is bad, so be sure he's just patient. This will be a blip on the radar within a few months. Hang in there! Stupid advice, but it really is a game of hurry up and wait. It's a good time for introspection and recalibrating life a little bit. Rambling again, sorry...
A back fusion is next for him too. He has had bone on bone in his lower back for years. The neck came out of the blue and masked the lower back pain before surgery. Now that this surgery is done, the lower back seems to be coming back with a vengeance. He’s doing really well following the doctors orders. He has cut back on the meds he was on. Gabapentin swelled his legs so badly. He does have one of the best if not the best neurosurgeons in Delaware. Do that update!
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THANK YOU!!!! I am 3 weeks post ACDF, and like you not really feeling pain and impatient so have been doing stuff. Gosh I hope I haven't done any damage. Thanks to you I will now just take it easy, no trimming hedges or sweeping paths, or sawing off small branches off the peach tree (only takes a second or two and its easy - so I thought). Will stick to walking. Have first phone consult with neurosurgeon 11 July (surgery was 9 May) so hopefully if I am good from now on it will all be ok... I cannot thank you enough for this video, I haven't been able to find much on activity post op and I think yours has quite possibly saved my surgery!!!!
Saw your comment re your knee... heads-up: take a look at 'knee, prolotherapy, caring medical' in YT search. With prolotherapy you just might be able to avoid knee surgery and get back to where you were before it started playing up! Good luck.
Thanks for updating my wife had her acdf 456 a few days ago looking at a time line for her and some information different things. Your video are very helpful
Glad it's helpful. Good luck to her on the recovery. Keep me posted please.
Thank you for this. My husband had his surgery yesterday. This will be a big help
Good luck to him with his recovery. I'm just two years past mine and things are going really well.
Thank you for sharing your journey with your ACDF. I was having some significant symptoms related to this issue but it was the pain that got me into docs. MRI & X-rays later I have c-4 through c_6 needing to be fused. Your videos helped me as what could happen (everyone is different) after surgery. I am having a bit of anxiety about it but you have helped me to relax a bit. Thank you
Thanks for chiming in. It's normal to feel anxiety with this, it's a serious surgery, but very routine for the doctors. The anticipation of the unknown is the worst. It's tough for the first week or so, but time goes by and you will be happier with the results than you are with your pre-surgery conditions. I hate surgery, but given the circumstances, I'm very happy I had mine done and am way better off for it. Good luck, and keep me posted!
Don’t stop sharing. I may be about to undertake this !
I'm just seeing your video in 2023. I hope all is healed in your recover. I'm having my 4,5 and 6 disc surgery (cervical stenosis) in 2024. I'm sooo glad you documented your journey with us. Now I know what to actually expect. I hope my recovery goes as well as yours. Thank you very much.
Thank you for chiming in, and good luck!! I'll post a short update in a week or two. I'm approaching two years since my surgery, and yes, the recovery has gone well overall. I'm in a really good place right now. Please keep me posted on yours.
I am going to have an mri next month but my ortho doctor is fairly certain that I will need surgery. Thank you for your video. On top of cervical stenosis, bone spurs I have a reverse of normal cervical lordosis.
My surgery was at TOSH Murray Utah. 2 months ago. I never was in pain. I lost use of my left arm, and am hoping my ACDF retores it
Thanks for chiming in. I hope that all gets restored for you too. I had issues after my back fusions with a lot of lingering nerve issues, several I was told not to expect it to get better, but they did. Here's to hoping! BYW, my neck fusion was just off I-15 in Sandy, at that big IHC hospital. 53rd South or so. Peter Maughan is my surgeon. Good luck!!
Looks like you had a nice recovery. Just wondering if you feel limited to what you can do now that your over a year out. Im a arborist and will have to have this surgery c6c7 this month. Im hoping I will be able to continue my career once I’m healed.
Thanks for chiming in. My neck fusion has not limited me at all. I take that back, I was going to enter a boxing tournament but decided not to because of it. I still ride motorcycles and workout regularly. I still do a ton of yard work. I still ride mountain bikes. I've cut back on flag football and basketball, but I've had a knee issue and have to get my toe fused, so it is more because of that, that and my back fusions. You may have to adapt a little, looking up at the sky (fireworks, airplanes, anything directly overheard) can be a little uncomfortable, but I adjust. It's actually almost been two years (November) so I'll do another update soon. Good luck with yours!
Hello sir I m from India I don’t khow you all doing even after surgery . Is it not scary ? Even u haven’t fear to again same obiveband below level herniation? Sorry sir but I m literally living in very much fear I have left my job I left to meet people friends left to watching TV even I m fearing to do travelling I just basic own work n li’l cooking doing . I m just 40 n whole day crying and thinking how my life will go this way . Though doctor has not confirm surgery yet they just MRI report came of disc potrusion and with medicine that pain went but after that discomfort around neck area is continued n as I read on google this pain come again and again I m in horrible stress how I will tackle all fearing so much . Sir can you pls pls tell me is there any chance to recover without Any surgery ? All r saying medicines and injection work only for few time years then sir wht to do how people r living with this pain . And all r saying this surgery is coming with lots of new complications sir sorry but r u not fearing with this all ? Wht is reality this is myth only or in reality also this is very scary surgery ? N honestly reply me how to sleep ? Pillow taking or not that question also not allow me to sleep whole night sir pls share how one can handle all this ?
Just came upon this Nov 2023..My surgery is in a few days! 😢
And whats the verdict?
Well I'm doing ok for now! One week post op! Pain is bearable but still hving hard time sleeping of course!
@@donnaoja8879 i had surgery oct 4th my doc ordered me to wear the neck brace 24/7. He allows me to wear the cusion type
At night. Good luck, and happy holidays
I'm day 5 after getting 4 fused. He's pretty accurate. How many you get fused?
@@alfredgaitan1201 3. Numbers 4 5 6. Had a followup last month and xrays taken. The bottom two fused, but not the top one. Surgeon was thrilled, though. The only thing is i,m supposed to wear the neck brace 24/7 Getting tired of it. Merry xmas
I'm only a week out and this answered some questions wrt lifting and resistance bands. Thanks for sharing. Sorry to hear abt the swallowing. How long until the numbess returned for you? I'm a guitar player and have not been able to play for 8 weeks now. If i can't lift, and can't play music....I'm pretty lost.
Thanks for chiming in. Glad it's helped some, sorry you're going through it. Everything that was bad is no longer an issue. When I woke up from surgery I noticed immediate improvement in arm pain and numbness. Both would come back a little on and off, but no issues at all after a few months. Follow doctor's orders to a T afterward and your results will be good. Keep me posted man...all the best and blessed to you!
My very first symptom of a compressed nerve was losing control of my pick onstage. I found the pick angle sliding out of control. Doc said this morning that the C6-C7 nerve was visibly red and 'dented' on the right side more than left and that it should mostly recover in a year. Blew my mind that he described the actual red irritated nerve.
Hope you make a full recovery. I'm 3 months post op and my hand is still totally limp and numb. I'll likely never play guitar again. @@user-gk5wo4ns1d
I had a 3 level ACDF November 6, 23. I've had 3 post op Dr visits, and he has told me I'm progressing really well. My major concern now is I'm still having problems with swallowing. If I just swallow saliva, it feels like I'm swallowing a marble. I have food that will get stuck and choke me. Even chewing smaller portions until the food is practically mush when I swallow my throat feels like its smaller in size than pre surgery and it's hard to get it to go down. I just had a barium swallow test with x-ray and nothing conclusive was found. Right now, I'm guessing that I'm stuck with the problem, or it'll work itself out. Other than the swallow problem everything is much better than before surgery. I haven't been totally released from the Dr but am free to walk as much as I want to and yard work. Plus, gym is back in my life with light lifting such as around 35 pounds.
It will all get better. I felt like I had a coin in my throat for a while. I look back on it all now and am amazed at how well it all turned out. Just back from the gym and a tough workout with my son, it's like I never had a problem and never had the surgery. You'll get there!
I literally just returned from the hospital after my ACDF yesterday. I am also a super impatient guy and wanting to lift weights, run, get s**t done. Instruction both pre and post surgery have seemed like "too much" with the lung exerciser, protein drinks, high protein meals, antibacterial body washes, this awful neck brace, yadda yadda. Watching this is a big help as far as taking the doc's recommendations seriously. It is SO hard to slow down. What do you think about some lower body exercises like lying leg raises for abs?
Thanks for chiming in. I wondered about leg raises, too, but decided on my own not to. I know me too well, I would have rationalized doing more than that. I held off completely. Looking back on it, to me went by quickly. Sucked big-time at the time, but has been worth waiting. Although, I risked it on the Splash Mountain ride at Disneyland 3.5 weeks post surgery. That was a lot dumber of me than leg raises would've been. I would just walk a lot...get 8-10k steps in each day and call it good.
I'm surprised that yours was brought about by your neurosurgeon... Mine is through ortho. My neurologist (I found out via the same MRI that I have MS as well) doesn't seem very interested in it.
... This video looks familiar. Was suppose to have my surgery (as an emergency) in March; so, may have watched it then. Long story short, having it on the 14th instead.
After my acdf in 2021, still have neck pain. Related arm problems. New narrowing of the spine above and below surgery.
I'm sorry to hear that. Everyone's condition is just a little different and everyone's body responds differently. I hope you improve more over time.
Sir pls stay on this channel and try to give your updates every month even after years and years because all r making few weeks and one or two year updates and not updating their channels and we people r living in thought may be that people have not good life after that last updates n those negative thought disturbing lots so pls sir continue to give updates more and more about this even after others having good reviews and wht mistakes all of have to avoid after disc herniation and surgery n all pls sir pls sir
I will have another update soon. In one week it will be two years since my surgery, so I'll post an update. Things are going very well with my neck though.
Hope you read my comment. Tomorrow it’s 4 weeks of the surgery. I’m still in pain. There is any advice that you could give me for me to sleep like any pillow or position. 🙏🏽
Elida, what kind of pain are you still feeling? Is it the nerve pain in your arms and other areas, or is more like muscle pain in your lower neck and shoulders? Or something different?
Sleeping was probably one of the hardest things for me to figure out. I slept in a recliner for awhile after my surgery, but that started to bother my back. I currently sleep with four pillows, a huge feather filled pillow, two regular sized pillows that were extra fluffy, and a small pillow (shaped like a tube) I put between my knees. I have always been a stomach sleeper which is not good for a fused neck. I fall asleep on my side now with one regular pillow and the huge pillow under my neck and head, and the other regular pillow in front of my hip to keep me from rolling onto my stomach. The huge pillow I fold in half or reposition a couple times until it gets comfortable enough to fall asleep.
Still being in pain for a month is not uncommon. Unfortunately, pain can linger for quite some time. My lower neck and shoulders hurt for a long time. My nerve pain would come and go for months before finally going away.
I hope this information helps a little. Good luck as you continue to heal. It doesn't usually go as quickly as we hope it will, but it does get better. Keep me posted please...take care.
@@FusedandFit It’s the nerve pain goes through my arm, Until today I still have the pain
@@elidadegamino6942 sometimes it takes awhile for the nerve pain to go away. With my back fusions it took almost a year.
If a plate is put in crooked does this mean it was a fail??
No, not necessarily. As I understand it, a fail is when the fusion itself doesn't happen...the bone doesn't "fuse" together, so you still have two separate pieces, instead of one solid piece.
Thank you. I feel better. ❤
How are you doing with recovery now? I thought your pre surgery symptoms sounded similar to my husband. He’s 2 weeks out and feeling quite a bit disappointed with his recovery. The collar seems to be a lot of the problem imo. Curious to see how you are now. Thanks
Hey there, thanks for chiming in. I'm actually doing exceptionally well, I literally never think about that I had the fusion done. Ok, not never, but almost never. I don't remember how I felt two weeks into it, though I couldn't swallow and I had a lot of muscle pain. Actually, I recall thinking things were going well, but then they seemed to not be, one step forward two steps back kind of thing. It is slow at first, but when the weeks start to go by you see and feel improvement. I honestly feel great now. I should do an updated video explaining that. About the collar, I just had the soft collar and really only wore it when I was in a car or sitting. I'm not sure I even wore it after two weeks. Sorry, I'm rambling, hope this helps somehow. Good luck to him!
@@FusedandFit So happy to hear that! My husband had C3,4,5 & 6. What did you have done? You've given me hope.. Thank you
I just saw that you are 5,6 and 6,7.
@@aplaceformedaycare Hey there, Linda (that's what the TH-cam prompt referred to you as), that is correct, just 5-7. That will make your husband's recovery a little different than mine, not a ton, but a little. A friend of mine was a running back (college and NFL), had 4-7 done about a year before mine, and he's doing great. I've had back fusions too, and my neck is doing better than those overall. Having to be patient is the suckiest part, time drags after fusions, but he will heal just fine. Follow the doctor's orders to a T and things will be much better than if he tries to rush back, having to do a revised fushion is bad, so be sure he's just patient. This will be a blip on the radar within a few months. Hang in there! Stupid advice, but it really is a game of hurry up and wait. It's a good time for introspection and recalibrating life a little bit. Rambling again, sorry...
A back fusion is next for him too. He has had bone on bone in his lower back for years. The neck came out of the blue and masked the lower back pain before surgery. Now that this surgery is done, the lower back seems to be coming back with a vengeance. He’s doing really well following the doctors orders. He has cut back on the meds he was on. Gabapentin swelled his legs so badly. He does have one of the best if not the best neurosurgeons in Delaware. Do that update!