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Laminectomy cervical, with fusion and Instrumentation , 1-4 levels
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Thankyou for your response. I also have the vertigo/balance issues. Sometimes I just can't get my balance for the simplest things. My head can navigate and all of the sudden my balance will be off just from a simple move. If I am navigating a walk through the garden and I will see the hose layed out in front of me. I know in my head it's there but I trip over it. I get so frustrated I've completely stopped all the work I used to do in the yard/house etc. I hired a housekeeper to keep up with things so that it would not drive me crazy. I'm tired of this, it's too much sometimes. I just hope my surgery is a success because there are no promises made in this situation. They found white spots a year ago in my brain. ALOT of them and I may have had small stroke. No one is addressing that issue so, it could be from all the migrane headaches I have had. I too have osteoarthritis everywhere. The next surgery for me will be on my thumbs. They are down to bone on bone in both hands. I am having severe pain shooting through my thumb to wrist and up the arm. Carpal Tunnel issues and a large cyst in one hand. I'm a piano player and I sing too. That's another issue, I have a nodule on my thyroid. It could be awhile if possible, for me to have to work really hard to come back and be able to play piano and sing again. I feel like I am whining when there are so many people fighting tougher fights. This is just my story and the chapters to continue. Thanks
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Your cervical spine issues may be behind some of your arm/hand/finger issues. I have what they call “double crush” which is disc herniations/compression in neck and carpal tunnel in both wrists/hands. I now have had 2 ACDF cervical spine surgeries (c5-c7) and my right hand carpal tunnel release surgery. I am supposed to have my left hand done and I will delay that as long as possible (I am right-handed and prioritized my right hand due to moderate carpal tunnel and my left is mild at this point.). Many of my symptoms improved but I still have some numbness in left hand and weakness in arms. Before surgeries, I hurt my thumbs multiple times because I couldn’t really control their movements and there wasn’t much strength. My right hand is better now but need to get physical therapy for my whole body due to de-conditioning with congenital spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, cervical myelopathy and neurogenic claudication.
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@janagain I have a thyroid nodule too that is associated with Hashimotos. It has actually decreased in size as my thyroid function improved in that my body is not attacking it anymore. That seemed to be linked to metals in old dental work of root canals, crown s and silver amalgam fillings. All of that was removed which lead to improvement. My nodules were benign. I did have a needle biopsy that cleared it years ago. I do take thyroid medication as the hormone levels are low.
I also had vertigo before my cervical fusion. It happened because muscle spasms were independently rotating my vertebrae. My physical therapist was able to realign my spine to stop it. Since my surgery, it doesn’t happen anymore.
Hang in there. One step at a time.
Jennifer