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Concerned about Cervical Myelopathy

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@nancyjo1490

I’m not an expert by any means, but from what I read up on about myelopathy, you need it corrected as soon as possible or it will be permanent. Usually people see reduction and remission of their symptoms, some do not. It all just depends on your hardware and how your body decides to respond, and what is temporarily damaged vs permanent. If I had the choice, even at my age of 28, I would get the surgery as soon as possible. I never knew how much I would miss working, driving, standing in line for an hour for ice cream, etc, until I lost my ability to do those things.

I hope you have a good team behind you, and I pray you make a miraculous comeback.

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@jaydeeem32 i am leaning towards doing it ASAP as my symptoms are problematic but i really and nervous about losing so much range of motion in my neck. But I am 60 and don’t want to live like this either