Advice on neck fusion post-op.

Any recent imaging? After a fusion, the levels above and below the fusion take a lot of extra stress. Could be an issue there. Was there foraminotomies and a laminectomy with the fusion? When you say “across my back”, do you mean the neck at the site of the surgery, or the mid/lower back?

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Have you went to pain management? I had a Cervical fusion and ended up having to occasionally have radio frequency ablations. If they get the correct nerve it works really well.

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Unfortunately I got laid off during the COVID crap and my insurance lapsed. Before I could get another job, I found out how bad my neck was. Then had to get Medicaid and when the surgery went bad, I got a call of social security saying they were putting me on disability. Had to have my daughter put the phone to my ear.

But Medicaid doesn't cover radio frequency. I've been trying to get diagnosed for thirty years and they looked everywhere but my neck. If they could have found it a couple of months earlier, things might have turned out differently. Would've had a better doctor.

My parents had their own business growing up and started me working at a young age. I was paying social security and taxes when I was 12. I have dreams every week iam back at work and wake up pissed when I realized it was a dream. But I have a great family and support system. Good thing is I can feed myself and groom myself. There are people that have it a lot worse. Just not strong enough to make a good pot of gumbo. Thanks for the reply back brother.

Thank you. I will look into it.