My DH is a pressman (newspaper) and I don't know about how different your job is from his, but I would tend to think that after an ACDF, 2 weeks is not going to be do-able. As far as I know, there's no "real" light duty work in his shop, from laying plates, loading paper, etc, its all full duty...the guys at his job that go on light duty end up just working the "buttons" on the presses, and the other men on the press have to pick up the slack.

Give yourself time to heal. Your muscles are going to be sore for a little while, just from the positioning during the surgery, as well as the insult they took during the surgery itself. Try to remember that surgery is just a very controlled injury to the body, and its going to take time for those muscles to heal and the bones to fuse.

I've got T-spine issues myself, but I hope this helps some, and some of the cervie's come along to answer your specific questions. Good luck.

Theresa