I had a C5 - C7 spinal fusion not for pain but after doing an MRI my neurologist saw the C5 - C6 discs were so close I might become quadriplegic if I fell given that I was epileptic I had surgery within the week. When they did it they found out the C6 & C7 were too close too. Anxiety and depression which I had some of increased mostly because I thought about them having put this metal in my spine. Yes, I know they do it all the time and to them, it is no big deal. Well to me it was. Well I had the surgery 20 years ago and the fusion is still stable, CT, MRI, etc. can be done without any problems and maybe you are not consciously thinking about these things but since I have had this surgery and after 20 years I still think about it February 2003 - who would remember the month and year of surgery unless in some way it was traumatic. So that may be why you are having anxiety. It is OK, anxiety is part of each one's particular life and it is how we figure out how to cope with our worries. I keep on mentioning when I make comments to look on Mayo for questions about anything medical, if my idea is that this might be worrying about the long-term effects of spinal fusions maybe you could search that. At the top of this page is the search feature, in fact since I keep on wondering about that and I have said that to you after I post this that is exactly what I am going to do. Take care I hope this gives some help