Anyone Suffer from Dysautonomia after an ACDF or other Cervical Procedure?

[mookerific]

After dealing with numbness and nerve pain in my arms for sometime, I underwent an ACDF two remove herniated discs at the C5-6 and C6-7 and have the vertebrae fused. Prior to surgery I've had picture perfect blood pressure and my resting heart rate was consistently around 60-65 beats per minute.

After surgery I noticed that I had elevated BP and HR, which the doctors and therefore, I, chalked up to pain from the surgery, general trauma to the body and the steroids I've been on.

It has not been a month after the surgery, and ever since - after stopping the pain meds, the steroids, and with pain nearly completely gone - my blood pressure and heart rate are still quite elevated. Two weeks ago I met with a cardiologist (who had seen me at the beginning of the year because I had some mild lightheadness and who's workup back then showed perfect cardiovascular health), and she saw my symptoms. She again chalked it up to "trauma" of the surgery and put me on 25mg of Metoprolol ER. While my blood pressure has come down to the high side of normal 125/85 (+-5 on both values), my heart rate is still flying at 100-110, with spike up to 120, though consistently at 85 or so in the morning.

I've read through posts here of others suffering from dysautonomia and while their symptoms are far, far worse than mine (I don't have any dizziness, fainting, GI disturbance or nausea) I do feel a bit wiped and short of breath when my HR goes up to 120 or so.

I'm starting to freak out that something bad happened during the surgery, despite the fact that every other aspect of the surgery was fantastic - excellent resolution of pain, no swallowing issues or effects to my vocal cords. I'm so befuddled as to how all the stated complications escaped me, but now my cardiovascular system is out of whack, even on BP meds.

I have my two week follow-up with my cardiologist where I'll be providing the regular BP/HR readings I've been taking throughout the past two weeks, as she requested. I do have a sinking suspicion that I'll get no answer and I'll simply have my metoprolol dose increased.

Is there any insight anyone can provide? Any thought as to next steps to take? Any tests to have done? I'm starting to get really, really, REALLY concerned. Thankfully I have good insurance, so I'm open to anything and everything to get to the bottom of this.

[mookerific]

I meant to say, it HAS been a month after surgery...