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ACDF surgery recommended for C3-C7 - is it worth it?

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@parkerr

I would absolutely 100% recommend it! I had an injury on June 5th 2017 that tore my right rotator cuff, was having severe chronic debilitating pain lower back. From that day on continued going from doctor to doctor, neurosurgeon in two different states. In 2021 read an article about that neurosurgeon Dr. Kingsley Abode at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL . I called made an appointment, they did a complete workup. You have a care team and meet with each doctor that specializes in what diagnoses you have. When Doctor Abode showed me the image of my neck we were all shocked, because my back pain was over riding neck pain. I had an anterior cervical discectomy & fusion of the C3-C7. They are amazing, Recovery was not bad at all, it affected me more neurology once the bone had fused I had no more brain fog. Just had my lower back surgery by same neurosurgeon May 23rd 2023, healing well.I hope this helps you.

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Hey Parker - our surgical journeys sound eerily similar! ACDF followed by lumbar work - all at Mayo JAX though with different docs. I hope you're well on the mend. My lumbar work was May 16/18 and I'm getting along pretty well.