I will ask her and let you know. Her back is a disaster with multi problems. I want to say she has ankylosing spondylosis or spondylitis or something, plus disk problems, arthritis, and then some, but she is foggy on the details... Lot of inflammation... This fusion is up somewhere in the neck, where they go through the throat...

She mentioned the use of carbon in the surgery, then later mentioned possible titanium... I am not getting a very clear picture here... Her problems are compounded by Connective Tissue Disease. If you could see her, you would faint... She looks like the worst case of abuse you could ever imagine with this horrible bruising...
Cathie