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cervical disk surgery

I have pain in my neck, arm, and numbness in my thumb.  I went to a Neurosurgen and he advised me to get a cervical disk surgury. After he read my MRI, i meracuously feel better now, and about 90% of the pain is gone. The surgury is next week, what do u advse me to do?
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TawYou,

As someone who has twice experienced cervical disk surgery at C6/C7, I recommend you try all other forms of treatment prior to surgery.  Surgery is final, the other treatments can work without invading your body.  Physical therapy, steriod and pain medication injections, tens units, massage, accupuncture, etc.  I didn't have pain prior to the surgeries.  Now, I have terrible chronic pain - plus a limited range of motion in the neck.  

Here is what I have found about doctors - an osteopath will try manipulation, pain doctors will try many methods of pain control and then pain meds, your family doc will have some ideas that can help, a surgeon only thinks about surgery - whether he's an orthopod or neurosurgeon.  Try everything else first.  You can always have the surgery later.  Once you have the surgery, it can't be undone.

Best of luck!

Curt
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620923 tn?1452915648
U should call ur NS and let him know...u can go to PT also if the pain and numbness returns.

Good luck
Godspeed
"selma"
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