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Do you have degenerative cervical spondylitic myelopathy?
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I had a pcdf in August of last year at Mayo in Rochester. It was a C2-T2 fusion performed by Dr. Flanagan and team. It has been a life changing experience for me. I am still recovering but most of my symptoms have gone away. I highly recommend you go to Dr. Flanagan. It is a very difficult recovery but I can say with confidence that it saved my life.
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@kjfrench0 Wow, you had a lot done. So happy for you and it's gonna be great once you recover.
25 years ago I had a one level fusion S1/L5l ( I've forgotten a lot). Should have been simple enough. Strange things in the hospital--a slap in the back and nurses even jumped. More pain at home, kept going back to this neurosurgeon who kept telling me it was me. Had a spinal with him right there. He walked out of the room and disappeared. Supposed to come talk, so he was finally summoned to my room. He flippantly said all was fine & I needed to get on a nautilus. ?? Well, I walked my tail off and kept doing everything, which was the worst thing I could've been doing! A year after surgery my reg doc said my back was hot; something was wrong. He sent me to specialists who discovered Dr. Wirt had totally missed the two top bones and drove the screws into nerve and soft tissue! I Had all hardware removed for a basket cage fusion. But it was too late for something the original surgeon could've corrected early on. He had to have seen what was amiss, but his ego was strong. Needless to say, after subsequent surgeries & treatments, nerve pain was there for life. I've suffered ever since.
Thankfully, a super specialist, Dr. Beard, and his team did a spine reconstruction about 7 years later. Otherwise, I'd have been in a wheelchair, unable to walk. Count our blessings every day and when your instinct screams (as mine did) run the other way! We never know what's going to happen, and that's a good thing. All my best for a complete recovery. I keep telling myself things can always be worse. Denna
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@kjfrench0 I’m glad to hear that your surgery was life changing in a good way. I am a Mayo cervical spine surgery patient too and that changed my life. Best wishes for continued healing.
Your surgery was multi level and I can only imagine how much it affected you. My surgery was just a single level that involved regaining the coordination in my arms. Gratitude sure does help when you have to get through something like this. I’m glad Dr. Flannigan could help.
Jennifer