Tessie, I am so sorry that I am only seeing this now. I just got five notifications that people have been reacting and replying to my post. I don't know why there was such a delay. I hope you are doing okay. As for me, I had my surgery on April 17th as planned it's now a little over 6 months later. Dr. Celestre and his team saved my life. They did laminectomy and fusion at my C3 C4 C5 and C6. I woke up and discovered that other than surgical site pain, I was completely pain free in my neck and all of the pressure that I have been feeling was gone. I used prescribed oxycodone for a couple of months combined with CBD and ended up only taking about 2/3 of the narcotics that were available. I was able to come off of it cold turkey without any withdrawal. I have been wearing a cervical bone stimulator 4 hours a day for 180 days. 22 days to go! 30 days after the surgery I began physical therapy in home. Over a period of 3 months I met all of my goals. I now go to physical therapy twice a week on an outpatient basis. Progress really is not measured day today, it's more like week to week and month to month. It has required a tremendous amount of effort and perseverance on my part. In this time I have gone from wheelchair to Walker to Cane to walking freely on my own. My balance is still not 100% and that is the focus of my current PT. My hands are taking the longest to improve and I have been told to be patient because it will take up to a year to realize whatever gains I'm going to see. I can say that immediately after surgery the sensation of touch returned to my fingers. Still numb, but being able to differentiate textures is a big improvement. I do have periods throughout the day where my hands seem to return to 90% normal. They tell me this is because everything is waking up. I honestly believe that by the end of one year of recovery I will have normal feeling in my hands and zero balance problems. You have to believe! Bottom line for me is that I am so happy I went forward with the surgery and the results have honestly been beyond any expectation of anyone. For me it really is a miracle. Please let me know how you are doing!