Hi Mommy. I had a business where I looked down into a magnafier for thirty years. I destroyed my neck basically. I didn't quit when I should because it was my only income, I was a single mother, and I had no health insurance. so I worked with pain for many years. I didn't stop until I could not move my head up, down or any which way. At this time, or 6 years ago, they said I damaged C6-7, and it was bent to such a degree, I risked being paralized if I didn't do the surgery, and they told me, there was a risk of "doing" the surgery. What this surgeon did wrong, was he didn't tell me there were many other things wrong with my neck. He said he did all he could do. So I lived with the result until 22 months ago when my pain specialist did a Katemine infusion, with that screen he could see what was happening to my spine. He no longer could control my pain. I had reversed the curve of my spine altogether, and ruined all vertrebre above. they fell like dominos. So I had fusion C3-7, and had my neck given a new shape, to be what it should be. This took the very best neuro surgeon in my area to do this correction. Unfortunately with degenerative disk and joint disease, I am not stable in my neck today. C1-2 is hurting, and so are the ones below at T-1-3. The instabilty of the entire bracket does put pressure on the remaining verterbre. I am very careful in any activity. This first doctor, should have done the revisions needed all through my neck, he did not do this as I had no health insuance. He only corrected the immediate danger, and left the rest alone. I hadn't gone for the second opinion, which I am sure I would have been told there was more wrong with my neck to begin with. I was too in a hurry to get the pain over with. My moral of the story is to go for that second opinion, get your records, research the records, and understand all they want to do before you agree to the surgery. I feel very strong, that we need as patients to understand the whole situation and the proceedure before we do the surgery. I sure do wish you all the best, Nobody likes these kinds of situations. I will be here for you. ginnie