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Hi sb4ca,
thank you for your input.
My cervical/thoracic MRI is from 05/27/2023, therefore recent.
I have asked for another cervical MRI. I will be doing this next Tuesday to see if there are any changes.
I am sorry you had to go through all the hell with your fusion.
I personally do not want fusion, I don't want metal hardware in the neck due to loss of flexibility and also due to Adjacent Segment Disease after several years of having the fusion. Many people complain about new issues with the vertebrae above and below the fused segment. Some may need to re-operate. I also read that, as the body gets older, the spine bone density diminishes and for some people the screws may get dislodged.
I am thinking of having my discs repaired with laser disc decompression which is keyhole surgery which is minimally invasive. We don't have this type of surgery here in AUS as yet therefore I would have to look at neurosurgeons in the US that perform this type of surgery.
Alfred