But, should I be worried that the doctor said he had extra parts when he was done??
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
Goal for 2009 - NOT get hurt! ESPECIALLY NO SURGERY!!