Hi

I am new to this forum and was just reading the posts and saw yours. I had the same surgery as you except it was c2 c3. I am about 30 days out. ifelt like you at first when they told me I could sleep without my neckbrace I didn't want to for a while. Eventually I did sleep without and started to look forward to bed time to take it off. Hopefully by now you are feeling more confortable. Feel free to contact me if you would like to talk.

Cindra