@juljul Hello and welcome to Connect. I realize this is a big change for you into new territory. 2 weeks isn't very long to wait. Just be careful so you don't fall. It took me 2 years to find a surgeon willing to help me because several missed the proper diagnosis, and I did OK. My surgery gave me my life back. I did have some spinal cord compression, but without nerve root compression. I also had retrolisthesis of C5 over C6 and straightening of the lordotic curve due to muscle spasms. I also have thoracic outlet syndrome that makes one side of my neck too tight, and that sets me up for muscle spasms that cause some rotation of my vertebrae. When C1 & C2 were getting rotated, it caused dizziness and some vertigo. That happens because rotation stretches the vertebral arteries that run inside on each side of the cervical vertebrae, and that is part of the blood supply to the brain.

Will you be seeking a second opinion somewhere else? That was recommended to me by my doctor.