Hi. This is Meg. I also had this surgery July 30th with C4-5 removed. I am doing fairly well but not up to par. I have my 6 week check up in about 2 weeks and will have an x-ray the same day. The surgery went well but there was a ligament that was thickened and a little harder to pull aside and my bones were much softer than he expected. It's hard for me because I have to stay away from antiinflammatories for healing to occur. I think that's for the first 3 months. I did clean house today for the first time since surgery. I have fibromyalgia, scleroderma, sjogrens, & vasculitis, just to name a few.