Thread: bulging disc in neck..help
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Old 04-16-2008, 05:49 PM
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Balmygirl,

If you only have one level and one bulging disc...You might only need to have surgery at one level...I have three levels fused, though I have problems from C2 to T2...I am fused at C4/5, 5/6, and 6/7...I have a 360 fusion or an around the world ...This simply means that I have hardware in the front and the back of the neck....I have a plate in the front and rods and screws in the back...If I had needed to just have the front of the neck fused I think I would not have had much pain with this fusion....but I will not lie the posterior surgery is very, very painful and is for about six weeks...I have no regrets though about my surgery, though I now need more surgery...

I do not think at this point that pain medication will help you with the type of pain you are experiencing....I think you need to see a surgeon and discuss possible surgery with him.....Good luck...
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4/06 - Lumbar Fusion - L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, S1
Anterior with cages and Posterior with rods and screws.

8/17/05 - Cervical Fusion - C4-5, 5-6, 6-7 - Anterior and Posterior Fusion with plate in front and rods and screws in the rear - Corpectomy at C-4 and C-5 and microdisectomy at C6-7.

1/4/05 - Lumbar Laminectomy -L3, L4, L5, S1, S2 Obliteration of Tarlov Cyst at S2. Failed surgery!
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