Hello everyone! 6 days post OP! Surgery went well…the pain after didn’t…I had to try a few different pain meds before I found a good combination that worked for me…experiencing some swelling now. But I’m just taking my time to recover. I lost more hair than I thought I…so I guess I will have to shop around for a new cute doo! 
glad I didnt change my mind and went through with it bucause it turns out that my C5 was being pinched and was causing nerve damage. Sometimes I forget that I can’t drive or bend down… Lol. I will keep wevero.e posted on my recovery…if anyone had any questions about surgery, recover,etc. Feel free to reach out to me…it’s no bother really at all! P.S. Thanks again for all of your support and love expressed to me and my family
I remember my NS told me the number one question women had about this surgery is 'how much hair am I going to lose?" The number two question is usually "How bad will it hurt?" He thought it was amazing women were more concerned with their appearance than the pain involved.
It took me 1.5 years to grow my hair totally back in. (it's medium length) That was annoying. Thankfully I have a LOT of hair so it wasn't super obvious for very long.
Glad you are on the mend. :)
So glad you’re doing good!!! Healing thoughts your way for a super speedy recovery
Congratulations, you have made it this far! Are you taking steroids for the inflamation? I had a prescription that lasted about 10 days. The reason I ask is because after I finished taking all of the steroids, I started getting really bad headaches and spent a lot of time in bed. The doctor failed to warn me about this and I was told that advil would have helped. I just wanted to pass on this information in case the same thing happened to you.
Take care!