Hi im robby, i was nine weeks post op acdf 4-5 5-6 with hardware, after nine weeks of constantly coughing and chocking and losts of pain several visits to the doctors and two emergency appointments with my surgeon, finally they listened and i was taken back into hospital as an emergency on tuesday 2, 12 09 for removal of all hardware, the op took place on wednesday and im now home as of last night and feeling fantastic no pain killers no chocking no coughing just total peace and pain free. has anybody else suffered like i have?