Quick update

Hi folks,

Just throwing up a quick up date on my neck surgery.

I honestly wasn't going to bother you with it, but the forums seem a little off lately so I thought I'd post something bland,and un -hostile .

Any how I have weaned myself off of all my pain meds. They really loaded me up with scripts and some re-fills.

 Qty 90-Oxicodone
 Qty 90-Percoset
 Qty 90-Flexeril

All refillable......................seems strange the ease in which these are prescribed when there is an epidemic of opiate based  prescription drug use, and addiction.

The Flexeril is a skeletal muscle relaxer so I am still taking 1 am and 1 at night.

Anyways, by removing the pain meds I now feel they were masking some of my pre -existing symptoms and the surgery was not as" instant" of a success as I thought earlier.

Its kind of a bummer......................

However the peak of recovery from my  neuro mylopathy is around 5-8 months and I'm far from that.

But most evidence does point to almost immediate relief of many symptoms. Thus I think I set my expectations rather high.


Anyways my taxi.................mommy is waiting to drive me into my shop so I can see whats been cooking and how my son is doing.

He is not a journey level installer but he has really stepped up to help me out, I love him dearly..

I hope you all are well

Jason
 

I was wondering how you were getting along zungle so glad you
posted.
Sounds like you have a great family to help you travel the recovery road....excellent.
Best regards and wishes for you and yours.

good to hear from you and glad you're on your way to recovery! 

I've always worried about pain meds masking other problems and I try not to use them as much as possible, especially the narcotics.

glad to hear from you! 

Thanks for the update Jason - looks like you're on top of everything. And the support from your family can only make the process more bearable.

jason,i had c1-c-3 replaces with donor bone and titanium plates about 4 years ago,ive never been the same since and i never will be.they gave me that small percentage of folks who would have it the worst,unfortunetly i was that percentage.it seems the % was so small because the type of surgery i had was in its experimental stages with new ways of doing the sugery.so not many people were put into that percentage.it was devistating and still is.i was left with a desition of being paralized within a matter of years or have the surgery.i did the latter and somedays i wish i was in a wheelchair rather than go through the pain i have.i hope your recovery is better than mine.the neck is an interesting thing,not sure about you but i have other issues with my spine as well.neck surgerys have come along way from what they used to be.but for some people they are still what they were life altering.
hope all works out man.

I really hope it works out for you as well.

Good that you have a son in your corner as well.

Wishing you well Zungle.

It's great to hear about how helpful your son and mom are being.

best regards,
mike

Hi again,

Thank you so much , Jan,Steve and Charlie I can feel your good thoughts already it helps alot.

I' have to admit I am at a strange place right now and I don't think I am handling it all that well. 

So just your thoughts and kind words help alot................everyone!!

jason,i had c1-c-3 replaces with donor bone and titanium plates about 4 years ago,ive never been the same since and i never will be.

Charlie.........did you have just the disc replacement or full corpectomy with fusion.


And if you don't mind me asking ..........What were your symptoms and what led you to the surgery?


I have a 32% compression of my central chord coming from a combination of a blown disc and a bone sppur on the back of c-3.


For the past year I had been developing  stiff gait,poor coordination and weak arms and hands with some electrical like jerks everywhere. Also a mild or general imbalance.


Surgery wise I went with Laminaplasty............ opening the c-3 thru c-6.

I can take percocet but I don't sleep well if I do

Julien,


I do not sleep well with Percocet or Oxy either................


I'm more of an Advil liquid gel guy.............but Ibuprofen cannot be taken  during recovery.


Now I', just taking good ole Tylenol and the Flexiril...........


Thanks for checking in............


Jason

Thats Wonderful Jason!!!

Nice when the family steps up and will be there for you when needed.  Glad to hear all is going well and you're in good spirits.