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Normal symptoms 4wks after C5-C6 fusion?
I had a C5-c6 fusion 4 1/2 wks ago. I’ve been suffering from dizziness that comes and goes, major weakness, my visions been a bit blurred, and burning and tingling in muscles. The weakness and dizziness has been so bad I’ve felt faint and sometimes it’s even hard to hold my phone.
The only thing my surgeons has recommend was to go to the ER. I did go but it was 2 wks ago. The ct with contrast was normal but my symptoms are getting worse. I’ve also seen an ENT and they ruled out vertigo. The only other suggestion my surgeon has is to see a neurologist which will take months to get in.
Has anyone had this experience? Any recommendations?
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Hi, are you doing any better? My story is almost exactly the same as yours. I just had fusion two days ago and I'm feeling weakness and burning and heaviness in my right arm and leg. Hoping you have some improvement!
@freedom4bella Welcome to Connect. If your pain is severe, it might be best to ask your care team, and to make sure they are managing it well. Surgery does cause inflammation, so it is common to have pain get worse after surgery for awhile. My experience was the first 2 days were not bad, but then pain got worse for another 3 weeks. After that it slowly got better and by 6 weeks it was minimal. That is how long it takes the incision to heal. I worried too, and right on schedule at 6 weeks suddenly, I improved dramatically overnight and felt really good. By 3 months, I could forget I had had surgery because I wasn't reminded of it.
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