Hi everyone,
I am sorry I hav not gotten back here to update my blog or to see how everyone is doing but in Januarary I underwent major surgery on my spinal colum. I had to have spinal fusion surgery to my neck with pins an rods at C1 to C3. I am still healing from this surgery. Unfortantly it was a surgery I had to have, because if I did not have the surgery I would have been paralized from my neck down. As it was I was in pain an starting to show signs of danage to my spinal cord.
Now after the surgery it hs been a very slow healing process. Some of the side effects of the surery has been that parts of my left arm an hand is numb, with time this is slowly improving, I have lost a great deal of range of motion with my neck. My hands are weaker then before the surgery. I am told some of these side effects will go away with time an some will be perminate. Since it takes a year to heal completly from this surgery I just won't know what side effects will be perminate an which ones will go away with time.
Another aspect of the surgery is even though I have not had to wear any kind od neck brace after the surgery I have had to wear a bone growth stimulator. This device is suppose to do just as the name implies, stimulate the neck bones to grow back correctly. The device reminds me of a horse harness. It isn't uncomfortable just somewhat combersome, an time consuming, a full treatmeant lasts four hours.
I think the worst side effect for me has been the medications an their sideffects. One of the medications is skallaxon this helps with muscle tightness an movement, buth the main side effect is forgetfullness. This sideeffect has been huge for me, so much so I have had to stop taking this medication.
I know I really had no choice to have this surgery, but if it had been I had a choice I would have not had the surgery, it has been to hard,an I would have choosen to live in pain.
Well now you know why I have been away an I hope you will continue to follow my blog.
Take care all !
