Thread: Acdf c5/c6 ???
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Old 06-25-2013, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by joojee22 View Post
I need some pretty quick advice,
I only had trouble sleeping, some numbness in my left hand, but mainly just pain while I am sleeping.
Turns out its a small herniated disk on the right side.
The neurosurgeon said I was not a candidate for surgery but... the spine Dr. said that surgery is the only thing that will make my neck better... I dont know who to believe?

I need to do the surgery this Friday if I am ever going to be able to do it EVER, cause of money and time off of work. But if the pain is going to be worse than it is now I surely dont want to do it.

So far all I had 5 pain injections and none of them have worked. Epidurals and MBB & RFA.

Please vote for what I should do:

yes surgery?
no surgery?

Thank you.
Joann
Some time has now gone by and I am wondering if you had reached a decision regarding surgery - did you find out about artificial discs, or about any other things that have helped you. Did you find a way to manage the pain? I sure hope that you are in a better place now - I think that you got a lot of really good advice here, and hope that it all helped. Best, hasmag.
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