Yay, surgery was a success

[12secondv6]

But, should I be worried that the doctor said he had extra parts when he was done?? :shrug::lol:

So, it happened on December 16th so its been just a bit over 2 weeks.

They went in through the front of my neck, moved my larenx over, removed the ruptured disc, put a cedaver bone in its place, put a metal plate in that stretched from my C6 to C7 vertabrea, put 4 screws in and sewed me up.

I went home that night - maybe 5 or 6 pm?

First couple days were ROUGH!!!! I maybe saw 2 hrs of sleep and it was in a sitting position only.

I now have all the bandages and stitches out - yay!

I still am unable to sleep in a bed - I have to sleep on the couch propped up at an incline.

I am slowly wearing my neck brace less - still wear it for sleep and stuff - I'm only suppoed to take it off for when I watch tv.

I'm getting better but I'm bored at home - I want to go back to work.... kinda. I sooooo want to go for a drive but I'm not allowed to for a while. Right now, minor drives are torture.

But one thing is nagging me...... all my other surgeries were weight reduction..... this one was weight addition - sigh :rofl:

Goal for 2009 - NOT get hurt! ESPECIALLY NO SURGERY!!

[BigAls87Z28]

Did you ask for Carbon Fiber replacment?
Glad to see all is well so far. Success is good news.

[baddest434]

glad things went ok for you james. feel better bro.

[BonzoHansen]

Wow, the bones of a dead man!

Accident free in 2009!
http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/mba/lowres/mban1987l.jpg

[BonzoHansen]

Wow, the bones of a dead man!

Accident free in 2009!
http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/mba/lowres/mban1987l.jpg

[maroman88]

sweet, good luck man! i couldnt imagine not being able to drive! atleast its the winter tho....

[69BirdX]

Hope everything gets back to normal. Thats a rough surgery and seems like your doing great.

[foff667]

Wow, the bones of a dead man!

Accident free in 2009!
http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/mba/lowres/mban1987l.jpg

Such a great post he decided to post it twice :lol:

[foff667]

If you don't mind me asking how did you ruptured disc anyway?

[rscamaro73]

Hope this works out. Sorry to hear of the pains.....I messed up my back (no surgery).....so I can appreciate the 'wanting to be pain free'.....

[ShitOnWheels]

If you don't mind me asking how did you ruptured disc anyway?

The car accident 3 months ago.

[foff667]

Ahh ok, I went through his recent posts & nothing stood out as to what would've caused it. Thanks for clearing that up :D

[misterjuice]

he was rear-ended...and he loved every second of it. i knew he was GHEYYYYYYY

[JL8Jeff]

That's good to hear, hopefully you can stay healthy for an extended period of time.

[firehawk1120]

so when I stop by on wednesday do you want to set up the trampoline. LOL

[The Fixer]

Glad to hear you're on the mend James - feel better and stay healthy!!