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Does anyone have DISH and/or OPLL?

Spine Health | Last Active: May 10 4:36am | Replies (74)

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@sherry54

Hi,
I had seen four surgeons who advised me to have surgery higher up in my neck. Im not keen on it because the previous surgery has left me worse off.Further more all these surgeons are looking at my MRI of the neck and making a decision.I am not a cadaver that they experiment on.This is what i dont understand.Furthermore all these surgeons are known to each other and they are singing from the same hymn sheet.They dont realise how important patient history is in making a decision.They have no idea how i am feeling because they cannot feel for me.I had no idea what condition i had prior to surgery.I only started researching this condition after my surgery.

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I have read that Cervical procedures are the much more successful than other areas of the spine. The surgery has stopped my pain but still am wearing my hard collar due to a 3 level fusion. My only complaint is some swallowing difficulties that I believe will pass. I have thorasic issues as well, I go to Mayo next month where I hope that gets addressed along with the DISH condition overall. My surgeon was my second opinion, first with a neurosurgeon, the the second was a orthopedic surgreon.