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Cannot sleep/sit after 2-level cervical disc replacement. Any input?
Spine Health | Last Active: May 4 7:45pm | Replies (13)Comment receiving replies
@iamnp83
What does your surgeon say about your symptoms? Did you have your 2 weeks and 6 week post surgery follow up appointments? Did they go through the front of your neck? Did you just get disc replacement with no hardware/fusion? How did they free the nerve compression in the left and right foraminal space at c5-c6 and c6-c7?
Before having surgery, did you get an EMG/nerve conduction study of upper limbs?
It sounds like you need an updated cervical MRI to check nerves and spinal cord/soft tissues. If you are not fused and have no hardware, there could be movement of vertebrae/discs above/below levels worked on. Adjacent segment issues can happen.
Were you careful not to twist your head/neck and have you been wearing a collar/neck brace?
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@dlydailyhope, great question, did you strictly follow no bending, lifting, twisting protocol following surgery per your surgeon? I agree with the previous members comment of getting a nerve conduction study, because the likely hood that the disc's above/below the disc has a much higher percentage of failing in relation to the original injury. Good luck, hang in there!