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Originally Posted by cboncal1972
I have four herniated discs in my neck and one buldgin disc starting at c2 to c7. c6 to c7 i have a pinched nerve that causes burning in my arm and finger. I am doing pain management. I am tking vicodines 10 with tylonal. I have had the injections and they are not working. So i saw the surgeon and he advised a fusion. I am not sure of how many tiers it would be but i am really nervous about this. I have two ?'s one my meds have stopped working and the doctor will not prescribe anything else. Two which is easier to recoup from interior or posterior. I am a single mom with two little ones.
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I just realized no one answered posterior or anterior. Maybe I can use my experience to help you understand.
Surgical pain is surgical pain is surgical pain. The only difference I saw and felt was the scars on my neck. I had both done. The doc will proceed to let you know which way is the safest and most effective (or not unless you pin him down prior to surgery.) But I wouldn't pin him down because there are reasons, sometimes found in surgery, why he does it the way he does. . So in effect, you will wake up with one or the done or both like me on my first operation.
Really not a difference in pain level.
My arms and fingers are better but sometimes they recover and sometimes they don't. Like me, I got partial relief. When I am tired they seem so bad...
I just kept thanking God I got through the surgery and that He let me live in pain I could tolerate. I was where I needed to be, and there was a doc who understood..
Hang in there friend.