@bobcinem Thank you. My surgery was several years ago and it was a good thing. I got my life back. I do have some physical issues where one side of my chest doesn’t expand as well because of tightness from thoracic outlet syndrome. I still have issues with getting infections that start in my sinuses and move to my lungs. When lungs don’t move well enough, and with having allergies, there can be phlegm accumulating. After surgery, hospitals give out a device for breathing exercises and this is the reason why. Don’t expect the worst, but just be aware as you go through surgery. The time that I really needed pain meds was with my ankle fracture. That was much more painful and a longer more difficult recovery than cervical spine surgery.

Good luck with your procedure and try not to worry too much. I expected it to be awful, but it was a lot easier than my imagination led me to believe.