Hello, I am a 38 yo Caucasian female. I had ACDF surgery 7-19-07 on C3-4, C4-5, and C5-6. Immediately upon waking out of surgery, my numbness in my hands went away and I felt amazingly well. About a month later, I began to resume numbness and pain. The pain began as a feeling of being stabbed with a knife on the left upper back area and slowly began to feel pain up my neck and into my skull about 1/2 way up. In addition I have also been feeling a lot of pain down the middle of my back (deep inside, almost as if along the spinal column). At my 3 month POV, my surgeon said that the xray revealed that I was healing well and that I should be back to normal soon. I then had my world turned upside down and moved to another state. I did over do it and wonder if that has anything to do with my pain. I don't feel comfortable in any position and cant bend my neck to the left or right, up or down without major tightness and pretty bad pain. My hands are once again numb much of the time. I have only taken 400mg Advil 4xday for the pain but am at a point where I am so miserable that I now am headed to a doctor to see what is going on. Does any of this sound familiar to point to something specific or do you have any suggestions?
Thank you in advance for all you do.
Kathy