Did you experience issues after surgery?
I had decompression surgery including duraplasty and c1 laminectomy on June 22. I was in the hospital until the 26th and basically sat in darkness the whole time; any noise or light gave me a migraine. I’m now at home and can tolerate that, but i’m having a lot of trouble focusing. It’s like my default is to space out and everything be blurry, and i have to put a lot of effort into focusing on something. I also sometimes get ringing my right ear and get a pressure headache if i sit upright. My most comfortable is lying on my side; even lying on my back hurts as i feel a rush of pressure when i get up.
I read so many stories of people feeling better immediately after surgery, and right now i’m just asking myself why i got it. my worst symptoms were tension headaches on exertion, which happens right now during recovery for sure. And other ones were balance and muscle weakness, which both are still problems right now since i’m so dizzy and weak. My main concern is the focus issue as i hadn’t seen that in any of the posts i’ve read. i just hope it isn’t something permanent, as it’s not an issue i had before.
i guess i’m hoping for people with similar recoveries to share their stories for reassurance.