Sticking my neck out

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I had surgery on 18 November 2009 - surgeons at GW hospital removed two discs from my cervical spine (neck) and replaced them with spacers of metal and bone fragments to encourage the three vertebrae to grow together. The discs were crushed and distorted - they were causing me numbness in my fingers of both hands, and strange reflex changes in my

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Welcome back, Sunshine. I can imagine how awful that was. Although all sounds nominal, until you caught a cold. OMG I can't imagine that on top of the surgery. You really pushed through the pain. Not the cervical vertebrae, per se...but to be walking three miles while recovering from a cold? When I have a cold I get exhausted walking to my CAR.

BTW, when I had morphine following knee surgery, I was convinced I didn't need to pee. The nurse sat me on the potty while she was changing my bed and INSISTED I TRY. I guess from your experience I can now see why. And once on the potty, I must have peed three quarts. I had no instinct I needed to go, and she said morphine deadens the sensation of needing to pee. So after your story and mine, I have to conclude we're both very lucky to have passed urine successfully while using morphine.

Congrats on your speedy recovery. I find walking makes a recovery improve tenfold. Must be psychological, but once I can wander around and go for walks, I may be hurting, but I feel FINE, as in WELL but recovering from something.

Maybe we'll chalk it up to LupoTherapy.

Welcome back, ducks, and congrats on the way your neck is going to feel as your recovery continues!