Can you tell me why pain returned after cervical diskectomy, I have pain in jaw,right arm and shoulder. After my surgery I could lift my right arm up over my head but now only slightly and with pain.I have to use my left arm to help raise my right arm. My employer let me go because of liability issues and now I am currently looking for work and collecting unemployment. My question is will the pain go away ever and am I able to work. I am starting to doubt that I'll be able to work.I am approx 12 weeks post opt. I do have an appointment this thursday with my surgeon what are some questions I should ask him in regards to health.
I went to UW but they did not have a surgeon on staff that could help me at the time.They sent me to Mayo Clinic. I live in Oklahoma and need some helpe here. Any ideas??
Dear mother5590,
Hard to say, but you have a fine spine surgery dept there in the Orthopaedic Division of the Univ of Wash. I suggest you go there if it’s closer. I don’t know how to answer your “time” question except to say I would get opinions sooner rather than later.
Dr. Rosen
Charles Rosen, MD
Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Spine Surgery
University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine
Founding Director, UCI Spine Center
Orange, California