Yay, surgery was a success
 

But, should I be worried that the doctor said he had extra parts when he was done?? :shrug::lol:

So, it happened on December 16th so its been just a bit over 2 weeks.

They went in through the front of my neck, moved my larenx over, removed the ruptured disc, put a cedaver bone in its place, put a metal plate in that stretched from my C6 to C7 vertabrea, put 4 screws in and sewed me up.

I went home that night - maybe 5 or 6 pm?

First couple days were ROUGH!!!! I maybe saw 2 hrs of sleep and it was in a sitting position only.

I now have all the bandages and stitches out - yay!

I still am unable to sleep in a bed - I have to sleep on the couch propped up at an incline.

I am slowly wearing my neck brace less - still wear it for sleep and stuff - I'm only suppoed to take it off for when I watch tv.

I'm getting better but I'm bored at home - I want to go back to work.... kinda. I sooooo want to go for a drive but I'm not allowed to for a while. Right now, minor drives are torture.

But one thing is nagging me...... all my other surgeries were weight reduction..... this one was weight addition - sigh :rofl:

Goal for 2009 - NOT get hurt! ESPECIALLY NO SURGERY!!

Did you ask for Carbon Fiber replacment?
Glad to see all is well so far. Success is good news.

glad things went ok for you james. feel better bro.

Wow, the bones of a dead man!

Accident free in 2009!
http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscart.../mban1987l.jpg

Wow, the bones of a dead man!

Accident free in 2009!
http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscart.../mban1987l.jpg

sweet, good luck man! i couldnt imagine not being able to drive! atleast its the winter tho....

Hope everything gets back to normal. Thats a rough surgery and seems like your doing great.

Such a great post he decided to post it twice :lol:

If you don't mind me asking how did you ruptured disc anyway?

Hope this works out. Sorry to hear of the pains.....I messed up my back (no surgery).....so I can appreciate the 'wanting to be pain free'.....

The car accident 3 months ago.

Ahh ok, I went through his recent posts & nothing stood out as to what would've caused it. Thanks for clearing that up :D

he was rear-ended...and he loved every second of it. i knew he was GHEYYYYYYY

That's good to hear, hopefully you can stay healthy for an extended period of time.

so when I stop by on wednesday do you want to set up the trampoline. LOL

Glad to hear you're on the mend James - feel better and stay healthy!!