Hi Ginnie,
I wonder how much more if at all you have lose of ROM due to the extra level being fused. I am fused C5-6 C6-7. On cold rainy miserable days, I am so tight it makes driving tough. I don't feel as if I turn my neck as well. DO you have the same feelings? I am hoping to plant a little bit this year. I have had issues with RSD and numbness in my hands and feet.
So the saga continues. Have a painfree day.

Well you have been through the ringer as well. I am fused C3-7 and it was after a failed C6-7. ROM is limited, no doubt about it. I did do all the therapy I could beinging at just 4 weeks. I have trouble driving as well. I no longer drive at night or long distances. A fast turn of the head feels terrible. I am so sorry that both of us are going through this. How are the ones above and below your fusion? Have you got records or MRI of after showing the state of those verterbre? I know for a fact my C1-2 and T1-3 are not in that great of shape. I won't have any more fusions. It took have this site to convince me to go through the last one! Have you done any therapy at home?

Yesterday I did a no no. I took enough meds that I am allowed, but I worked in my sons yard for too long. My whole body is hurting I have DJD as well. I should have known not to do so much. Pain killers work alright, but they don't tell you enough is enough., so today I pay the price. My son has been super good to me by paying for my huge dental bill. I wanted to work in his yard until I feel like I have helped him in return. Neck is bad.....too much looking down to pull weeds. So I do know French, the problems that go along with having these fusions. None of it is easy. I am sure here to talk to anytime you want. I drive short distances, and pick less crowded times to drive in as well. Let me know what your issues are and how you are doing in general. How long has it been since your surgery, me 22 months. ginnie

dear french

i am right where you are
pain woke me out of sleep
no more for me
i am still in limbo
have no clue if completed
with the fusing after 2nd surgery
had things on back burner
due to cancer
but i'll be getting
filmed as soon as spacers
come out they have magnets
in them
i am so sorry you
sound like how i feel
ALL THE TIME NOW
MOSTLY AFTER SECOND
SURGERY
WISHING YOU HEALING
THAT WORKS IN THE END
MY IDIOT DOCTOR
DEEMS AFTER A YEAR
YOU ARE SAID TO BE HEALED
NOT IN MY CASE
THAT I AM SURE OF

FEEL GOOD
AND HOPE THINGS AREN'T
ANYTHING WHERE I AM
AT

I know you have been posting to French. I am sorry where your back issues are so hard on you. Especially after being through this cancer. I so hope a solution can be found where you have a better level of comfort. Please have hope. I may not have liked my surgery, and had a hard recovery, but the surgery did help me. No question about that. I am not 100% of course, but much better, with no neuro symptoms in my arms or hands. My neck is stiff, and does not turn over my shoulder very well. ROM was effected, but the results I can't really complain about considering what I was like before the surgery. it was this site Eva, and those dear souls, that helped me through that surgery, and all phases of my recovery. I am 22 months post, and I did do some garden work the other day. Hope answers come your way. ginnie