I suppose that I should have taken into account that the last two posts here didn't get a response. Oh well, now that I'm here....

I'm scheduled for a triple on Nov. 4th. Two anterior (one high, one low) and one posterior. Two sets of hardware and an unknown number of bone grafts will be joining my existing plate and three bone grafts.

They're going to leave the vent in, tie me to the gurney and put me on a machine with deep sedation. This part has me a bit apprehensive.

These will be my 5th, 6th and 7th cervical incursion. I recall the plate and bone graft installation (anterior) vividly as it was quite some time until I could swallow anything. I'm not looking forward to this at all.

We do know how to have fun, don't we?