Cervical Myelopathy

[Bambella]

Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with cervical myelopathy and was experiencing the full affects of it in my walking, balance, shuffling my feet and tripping plus I was experiencing bladder and bowel issues . I had my surgery November 14 2018 my surgery was 9 hours long and very painful I had anterior cervical corpectomy c4 fusion & C2- T2 posterior decompression with fusion and titanium implants 2 surgeries at once it’s been 11 weeks and going to p/t now but my neck is still very tight it feels like someone has you by the hair and very uncomfortable! I often cry because it’s so frustrating Iam returning to work on Feb 11th as long as my surgeon releases me so I hoping I can do this it’s very hard but I don’t want to go on disability at this point so Iam going to try and see if I can get through this it’ll certainly be a challenge! I wonder if I’ll be able to drive again I can’t turn my neck all the way yet it’s so frustrating to have to depend on other people when I was the type who always did my running around until this spinal chord injury affected my life thanks for listening to my story!

[Betsysue2002]

I am so sorry. Best wishes to you.

[annie39]

Hi bambella so sorry to hear your story I totally understand how frustrating it is to be asking for help after being so active

I had 2 weeks of neck pain that went but started to experience arm pain and numbness then my neck hurt again terrible headaches I fell down the stairs ( off balance ) then dropped a tv on my foot all in a week

It’s took me 6 months to finally get an mri which told me 3 mild disk bulges and 1 severe on my arm nerve that was July last year

I had an injection at a private hospital which didn’t help and have been fighting ever since to see the hospital I saw my local 1

20 Dec And was informed I have a herniated disk pushing on my spinal cord which could get irreversible damage if it worsens I couldn’t believe I had not been informed or seen my scan myself until 7 months later the hospital said it’s serious and then referred me to a larger hospital I now have to wait another 3 months hoping it isn’t getting worse

But I could scream with frustration I want to lift my shopping bounce on the trampoline go swimming gym garden it’s like being 90 when I’m 39

How are you feeling now you have had surgery ? Sorry for the long reply not even sure we have the same condition 1 thing I do know is I want surgery and my life back it’s like my head is too heavy 😕 love to hear back from you annie x

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I’m so sorry. I also have had my life highly impacted by CSM