Please suggest with your experience, looking for some hope
I have nerve compression at C5-C6 and C6-C7 are partially fused congenially. I am 36 , was leading an active lifestyle with no pain or discomfort until 4 weeks ago when I started having sharp shooting pain near shoulder baldes , which initially doctors treated as spasm . I had sleepless nights and then after Xray it was clear that I have bulge went to consultation to a nuerospine surgeon .
I still cannot process the fact , no matter to which doctor I go they are suggesting surgery . I have some tingling but not majorly affecting , I some times feel affect in my grip , its little shattering me from the inside. Like a month I was doing everything , now I cannot even walk longer , because I might feel pain in my arm and I want to avoid that sharp pain.
I took some ayurvedic treatment for a week. I did gave me relief , I am constantly on Gabapin , initially It was 400 mg a day, now It has come down to 100 mg a day .
Please suggest whats the road ahead I am a mother of two , Should I go for sugery and hows life after that ?
or should I live like this depending on processes and medicines ?
Its a big decision going for a spine surgery , I am a mother of two.
Please suggest