I went for my final pre-op visit with my surgeon today. He was having second thoughts about my cervical stenosis. He decided today(for safety reasons) that he wants to fix 3 levels of stenosis before I have the big surgery.
I am OK with this as I want to be in the safest condition when I have my scoliosis surgery. I will have the cervical surgery on August 2nd, and my scoliosis surgery about 6-8 weeks later. I may still fall into the September group, but not sure yet.
Has anyone gone through this? My doctor said he will go in through the front of my neck to work on the cervical issues. He does not want to go through the back as this is the field he will be working through with my scoliosis surgery. I may have some issues for a brief time with swallowing after this surgery.
Remaining positive about it all,,,,,
I am OK with this as I want to be in the safest condition when I have my scoliosis surgery. I will have the cervical surgery on August 2nd, and my scoliosis surgery about 6-8 weeks later. I may still fall into the September group, but not sure yet.
Has anyone gone through this? My doctor said he will go in through the front of my neck to work on the cervical issues. He does not want to go through the back as this is the field he will be working through with my scoliosis surgery. I may have some issues for a brief time with swallowing after this surgery.
Remaining positive about it all,,,,,
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