Just had Neck spinal fusion
I had neck fusion almost 3 wks ago! And I don’t feel like I’m healing well?.. :( This is my 2nd neck surgery but 1st fusion in my neck bc mild stenosis has now in 10 yrs turned into severe cord compression stenosis on C 4567 - so he repaired those horrible debilitating pain from this injury! Ugh! Hard! Hopefully repaired ? And the stress in my home is off the charts causing my healing to not be getting my proper rest bc it’s constant stress and I’m doing the whole recovery on my own with none to very lil help in a house full of ppl! Aww I feel so loved - 🙄 No not really….
I still have shoulder pain in both shoulders all over that area, my arms are a lil less weak but seriously not much yet… I’m still having a hard time with hot flashes, but also any bending down or over - don’t feel right at all! Like overwhelmingly exhausting when I do this! No strength at all; it’s a fight to even do this! That started with this injury that started 6 mths ago at onset of injury and pain; incision in front of my neck is tight painful and kinda bumpy in weird ways in my neck! I don’t like the way it feels at all!
My whole body feels an absolute mess and any strength I’d gained the last 2 yrs after my lower back fusion 5th surgery in lower back but 1st fusion. But now that all the muscle i gained is gone I’m like skinny and saggy - and my legs are not wanting to hold me up they are literally giving out on me - that started a month before surgery after my 2nd oral steroids I started 3-4 wks prior to surgery on my neck this time. My body is just not getting stronger I actually feel weaker! And I did everything I possibly could to prepare my body for this but the 6 mths of not being able to walk miles or anything but my bed and moving around my house - I’m super sad and frustrated - is this even going to work bc right now I feel like this injury alone I’ve lost what lil I had just gained! Do I need to just give up this idea of health for my body and need! 😢
And I’ve lost too much weight I literally have no appetite no matter how much I try and force myself I’m down 13 pds lower then my normal weight! In 3-4 wks! And my throat still is having some days of being really hard to swallow so alot of my food has to be only soft and even that’s challenging- I have to have water bc I feel like my food or pills are stuck ish - it’s not affecting breathing - just swallowing and my voice is messed up if I talk too much! And it’s quite frankly gives me an overwhelming feeling that I don’t want to talk bc it’s tiring like a lot!