Quote:
Originally Posted by smyles12
Thank you all it feels good to have a place to go to get more ieveryone has been so great and its wonderful to come here and know that if I can't make head or tails of something someone will be able to help me.this has been the scaries thing to go thru my bipolar wasn't scary to me I was happy to finally know the reason for my moods to be all over the place. I go back to the doc for my neck in June and see were we go from there. With the radiofrequency rhimotzy ( spelled wrong I'm sure). But I really don't want my neck cut on from what I've research the front is safer but I'm a smoker so that makes it risky and I really don't want my tattoo messed up on the back of my neck. Peace and love
|
HeY smyles,
I don't think you will need a fusion at this point I read your mri---if you ever do ---the smoking factor ---has nothing to do if they cut your from the front or back most surgeons will choose the front easier healing and gives them more access to disc called the anterior approach. The posterior approcah is done for other reasons. Is alot harder for the reason they have to cut thru muscle. I smoked too I quit 2 months before surgery ---and about 9 months after I picked it up again from stress but only smoke 5 or 6 a day. The risk of smoking is the fusion actually taking(failed fusion) ----they would give u a device after surgery called a bone growth stimulator which you dont feel. Its helps achieve a solid fusion for higher risk patients like us smokers or muti-level fusion they use it on. It looks like a horse collar you where around your neck 4hrs a day its painless sends a current to help the bone fuse together.