Sandim,

I think we all get those speeches...I think too that I tend to think that I read the boards and always thought I am a positive thinker and most of the results of surgery is in positive thinking...I am always smiling...I think most people will tell you I am always smiling..try to be upbeat and positive...My surgeon even remarked that I was always smiling even after the surgery to my husband...This was after my lumbar fusion in April...

I was so shocked when I started to have problems with my hands being numb again in the Spring...I ignored it at first, but then it was an every day event and I was dropping things and tremors started to occur. I knew the symptoms had to be addressed. I made an appointment to see the surgeon that did my cervical fusion. Like you, at less than a year from surgery, I am already showing more degeneration so it does get discouraging.