Successful surgery

[theperfessor]

I had neck surgery for my stenosis Monday morning. They cracked open vertebra C3 thru C7 and put a spacer in each one. Believe it or not I have not needed any pain meds for last 30 hours and I feel fine. Muscles are sore and I took a muscle relaxer but haven't had any real pain to speak of. They have given me last IV but have left needles in, won't take those out until right before I get discharged. The last thing I have is a drain in the back of my neck but they might take that out tonight or tomorrow morning.

I expect to go home tomorrow but will not restart business for 6 - 8 weeks. Have to get rechecked in 6 weeks before I get unconditional release. I will be getting some physical therapy and have to wear neck brace/collar during that time.

I greatly appreciate all the folks here and elsewhere that kept me in mind and said a prayer for me. This is a great group of folks.

[btroj]

That is great news.

[blackthorn]

Outstanding!! Best wishes for a speedy and full recovery!

[John Allen]

Good Luck perfessor. I hope all works out.

[Fishman]

That is good news Perfessor. I wish you a speedy and complete recovery.

[jcwit]

Good News and you're on the way!

Best
jcwit

[DougGuy]

GOOD on you perfessor!! Glad to hear this! Hope your recovery will go smoothly and quickly..

In other news I got a PEG today (feeding tube) and I feel like I got shot thru the gut with an arrow.. Long road ahead for both of us I guess..

Keep the good news coming!

[mroliver77]

Best wishes Kieth!

I had c3 -c7 done some years ago. Helped a lot.
Jay

[jmort]

Sounds like you had an excellent surgeon. I know there were many prayers for you, which is always a good thing.

[WILCO]

Outstanding!! Best wishes for a speedy and full recovery!

Ditto for me!!!

[Boerrancher]

Glad to see you back and on your way to a great recovery.

Best wishes,

Joe

[Dean D.]

Outstanding Keith! I'm happy to hear things went well and your on the mend. Keep us posted.

[Lights]

That's great news Perfessor!

[**oneshot**]

Awesome Keith!!!!!!!!! Glad to hear all went well. Keep it slow and steady until you heal up.

[MtGun44]

That is really good news. Modern medicine is certainly not perfect, but they
can really do some amazing things these days.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery. It must be wonderful to have intractable
pain removed.

Take care of yourself.

Bill

[MT Gianni]

Good news, I hope that you continue to heal.

[Recluse]

Great news, Keith!

I fear I may be a candidate for the same surgery in the next twelve months. My neck pain is steadily becoming more and more unbearable, so I'm going to be following your progress quite closely.

In the meantime, relax and follow the discharge instructions.

:coffee:

[Valley Forge]

Good news Keith! Prayers for your continued progress and recovery from me.

[theperfessor]

Dr just came in and told me I can go home today. That is music to my ears, everybody here at the hospital is real nice but I don't want to live here!

[Wayne Smith]

WOW! That is even better news! Now relax and rest so you can heal. That's the hardest part for many of us.

[10-x]

Great news, good luck on the pt.

[wch]

I had cervical surgery for stenosis just 3 months ago; the worst part for me was that I wasn't allowed to drive for 6 weeks!

[VA Shooter]

Glad things went well. Getting the same surgery on August 20th.

[jlchucker]

Glad it's all going well for you. Have a speedy and complete recovery.

[pmeisel]

Glad it went well. Take it slow and easy during recovery! Looking forward to more posts....

[snuffy]

Wow, that made my day! Great news to hear Kieth.

I too may have that type of surgery on my neck. My chiropractor has been able to keep things moving to minimize the pain, but lately it's been getting worse. Besides, going in sometimes twice a week gets old in a hurry. Same problem with my lower back.

Be sure to follow the surgeon's recommendations, about what you can and can't do. Therapists are the best thing, even though we can grow to hate the sessions.(not the therapist!).

[elkhuntfever]

Great to hear.

Do you ever bump into Andy Hilstrand?

[462]

Excellent news, Keith.

[km101]

Wonderful news! Now you need to concentrate on recovery. I have found that the hardest part is to relax and not try to do too much. You will get "antsy" and want to do things before complete recovery. DONT DO IT!
Follow the Dr and therapist's instructions to the letter. Over-doing it will delay recovery and may cause problems! Listen to the professionals they have your best interests at heart.

Keep us updated. So far everything sounds good. Keep the good news coming!

[MWesner55]

Wow Grats! Hope all goes well.

[ph4570]

Sounds good. I wish a full, quick recovery for you.

[searcher4851]

Good to hear. I wish you a speedy recovery.

[ACrowe25]

Glad to hear everything went well. Good luck on the coming recovery!

[gray wolf]

Just told Julie--smiles all around here.
Keith we are so glad to hear all is OK, please get ( ALL )better soon.

Sam

[theperfessor]

Got home from hospital at 11:00 a.m. Wife drove, it was an uneventful trip from Louisvile to Evansville, about two hours. Don't plan to do anything beside watch Netflix movies, eat, sleep, etc.

I will do exactly what Dr ordered, I have nothing I have to do for three weeks and wife is putting up with me being a couch slug. Still a lot of soreness but no sharp pains so I am just taking muscle relaxers to keep muscles from cramping up.

Noticed some folks are going to have same procedure. In my case the tingling in my fingers that I had for quite a while is gone, and I am now able to shuffle a new deck of cards. I didn't have a lot of neck pain before but right shoulder and bicep were very week, this will take some therapy to build up and hopefully regain some strength. If your Dr says you need to have it done don't delay it, it won't get better otherwise and the sooner it is done the sooner you will start to recover.

[2thepoint]

Speedy recovery Keith!

[xs11jack]

Great news, good things happening to one of us makes all of us happy too. Don't forget about us, keep us posted on the healing and continue to give us your wisdom on what is in your heart.
Ole Jack

[tward]

Great news Keith! We will keep you in our thoughts and prayers for a successful recovery. Glad the pain is gone, lets you brain concentrate on recovery. Tim