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MULTI-LEVEL CERVICAL DDD - SHARE INSIGHTS ON SURGERY PLEASE!!!
Spine Health | Last Active: Aug 6 8:17pm | Replies (19)Comment receiving replies
I should add, for context, that this mess started with symptoms that were likely C6-7 (parasthesias in middle and index finger, etc.). Then, I severely herniated the same level doing a ceiling repair. At that time, the surgeon offered a microdiscectomy, and I should have done it but was scared. The bad muscle spasms on the left side of my neck started immediately after that herniation and have continued unabated, despite the herniation partially resorbing.
Of the ESI's that I completed, I got strong response to C6-7 injection (although it only lasted two weeks), no response to C4-5 injection.
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I meant to let you know that my daily headaches, neck/shoulder pain improved after ACDF surgery. They removed bone spurs and my disc, created a “cement” using my own bone from spurs so my body accepted it, put in a titanium cage to support my c5-c6 level. It was not as bad of a surgery as expected and I was working on my laptop in bed 2 days afterwards. You may want to consider the right surgery/surgeon if it will help alleviate pain/remove compression on nerve roots. DDD will worsen over time and you need to determine if quality of life is impacted enough to warrant surgery. Mine was. PT and injections would do nothing to stop the injury to my spinal cord. If you delay surgery, spinal nerves/nerve roots in your cervical spine that are pinched/compressed for long periods of time could cause permanent damage and symptoms.