Spine surgery
Has anyone had a herniated disk? I am 35F and I literally did nothing to my spine. But in April all of a sudden (again no accidents or anything) my neck and shoulder froze. I tried massages, and a chiropractor, but nothing really helped. I got an MRI, and I have a severe herniated disk, C5-C6! I spoke with a neurosurgeon on Friday and he wants to do a cervical diskectomy with bone fusion.
The diskectomy has a high chance that I will need another one in 10 years, because the disks above and below are working harder. The recovery time is awful, 3 months minimum. The first month is doing absolutely nothing not even walking more than 5min. How am I supposed to do my vest???
I have heard of artificial disks. Which I guess has better recovery times. Has anyone gone through this or know someone? Do you have advice? I'm freaking out about my CF health after surgery.
I am in California for reference. FEV1 60.
Edit: I will talk to my CF dr this coming week. I just learned about all of this Friday afternoon.