Artificial Cervical Disc Arthroplasty (ACDA)

[mooseknuckles]

Updating after my 6 week check up. I went in to this week fully prepared to have all restrictions waived only to get a swift kick to the sack. Restrictions were increased up to 35lbs evenly distributed between 2 hands and still no impact for another 5 weeks. I was not mentally prepared for that...at all. Totally unexpected on my end but no complaints. Highly recommend silicon scar sheets/gel.

[detrusor]

My guy has been pretty up front that no matter how good I feel it’s a 3 month thing. Seems like forever already.


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[splat]

My friend said he used have problems with 3, 4, and 5 but now it's just 345.

[detrusor]

Well, back to work tomorrow. It’s hard to be mellow because I feel pretty good. An occasional bump to the shoulder and I remember pretty quickly.

Been drinking bone broth at the wife’s incistence, taking some Tylenol. All in all pretty smooth.


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[4matic]

How the necks doin?

[detrusor]

Last week was my first back at work. Pretty tired and sore at the end. Just laying around today.

All in all pretty good.


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[ill-advised strategy]

op must be doing better

Nice!

[mooseknuckles]

How the necks doin?

Sorry for the lack of update I was awaiting my next follow up visit to post. I have been focused on regaining strength. I am still made instantly aware if I try and do too much. Felt like I survived a car wreck after my first and only float trip. I definitely still have those "oh fuck" moments. EMG likely coming for the left forearm/wrist pain. Right fingers still have no feeling

Last week was my first back at work. Pretty tired and sore at the end. Just laying around today.

All in all pretty good.


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So happy for you! Rest is still crucial.

op must be doing better, appears he’s going AK fish gathering.

haha, better indeed. the boss told me I was going narth. fish wranglin is my attendance fee.

[skiJ]

Sorry for the lack of update I was awaiting my next follow up visit to post. I have been focused on regaining strength. I am still made instantly aware if I try and do too much. Felt like I survived a car wreck after my first and only float trip. I definitely still have those "oh fuck" moments. EMG likely coming for the left forearm/wrist pain. Right fingers still have no feeling



So happy for you! Rest is still crucial.



haha, better indeed. the boss told me I was going narth. fish wranglin is my attendance fee.

hey, mooseknuckles --
reads-like you are doing well --

' hope so --

( Please ) keep healing !
Give it A year : Please focus on deceased pain ;
some numbness may remain...

I believe you win if the unbearable Pain is gone --

(Please) keep On !

Good luck with the fish !

' Hope to see you on the slope(s) ! tj

[skiJ]

Sorry for the lack of update I was awaiting my next follow up visit to post. I have been focused on regaining strength. I am still made instantly aware if I try and do too much. Felt like I survived a car wreck after my first and only float trip. I definitely still have those "oh fuck" moments. EMG likely coming for the left forearm/wrist pain. Right fingers still have no feeling



So happy for you! Rest is still crucial.



haha, better indeed. the boss told me I was going narth. fish wranglin is my attendance fee.

" fish wranglin(') " : Nice !

( or maybe it is wranglin. no 'g'

ha Ha : fkn midwesterner... )


anyway, 'knuckles : You have A Very public invitation To LTPM next March ( 20 - 21 ) --

I remember you at Bridger ; and Clearly(,) You were a st,,, stud in Utah

( ha (!) ' remember that joke... (?) )

'Big Lost, Tate and I had a Grrreat day at Lost Trail in '17 --

You are on A list for 2020.
I was (gonna) ask If you will be skiing... - But it really doesn't matter :

I want you there, even and perhaps Especially if you (ain't yet) skiing ! !

East to Misso., South on (hwy)93 ( ninety-three )
( I should figure - out how to load the photo from July
( a 3am sighting... ) )

... I wonder if we can get the other Yeti. / I-as There. ...


anyway, mooseknuckles - March twenty-first and March twentieth :

Lost Trail Powder Mountain.


more to follow -


I trust You are doing well ! !!!


tj

[mooseknuckles]

hey, mooseknuckles --
reads-like you are doing well --

' hope so --

( Please ) keep healing !
Give it A year : Please focus on deceased pain ;
some numbness may remain...

I believe you win if the unbearable Pain is gone --

(Please) keep On !

Good luck with the fish !

' Hope to see you on the slope(s) ! tj

Since it's been over a year, an update is due. Floated the lower salmon last fall and put in 40 days on a very abbreviated season this past winter with multiple impacts that were not planned or would have ever been advised. The discs have withheld an absolute beating. I am extremely pleased with my ROM. I still have nerve sensitivity issues but are those due to ulnar neuropathy or the ACDA surgery. Either way, I am very pleased with my outcome and I hope all the others who are still recovering from their procedures are doing well!

[splat]

Do they ever recommend stem cell injections to get those nerves back to working?

[mooseknuckles]

Hey P!

I have had 2 rounds of PRP(Nov & Feb). The evidence is not there for stem cells in this application. All options have been on the table from yurp to clinics in the grand cayman.

Getting good at filling these little fuckers up!







Hopefully decompression of the ulnar nerve helps.

[splat]

Whoa! That's a lot of vials.

What's going on in the Caymans??? I got peeps there.

[Gepeto]

Hey ...Hopefully decompression of the ulnar nerve helps.

I had the ulnar decompressed in my dominant hand. Along with being relieved of some lose calcifications that had anchored in guyen's canal. There was some nominal acute pain intermittently. Not enough to make me want to have the procedure. But, I had lost my grip... couldn't sign my name.

35 years and I haven't had a problem since. Just some discomfort with substantive weather changes.

Small successes can be life changing.

You've won a big one and pushed back time...

nice to know \:~) [emoji106]

[mooseknuckles]

I had the ulnar decompressed in my dominant hand. Along with being relieved of some lose calcifications that had anchored in guyen's canal. There was some nominal acute pain intermittently. Not enough to make me want to have the procedure. But, I had lost my grip... couldn't sign my name.

35 years and I haven't had a problem since. Just some discomfort with substantive weather changes.

Small successes can be life changing.

You've won a big one and pushed back time...

nice to know \:~) [emoji106]

FKNA R! This makes me smile.

For you and for the chance of success ahead.

To hear that it is still working out for ya is incredible.

Non dominant hand but my grip strength is gone and atrophy is noticable.

Just certified Wuhan Virus free. All systems go!

[Holtenfrau]

<p>
Long time lurker here on TGR forums...not sure how long its been since I posted. Ran accross this thread researching surgical options for cervical radiculopathy. I had a bout with it 10 years ago. Mostly confined to some numbness and tingling in the left fingers. Never had any significant pain or loss of funtion. Had an MRI showing compression of the disc between C6/C7 that was consistent with the symptoms. Talked to a few docs that were eager to do surgery. But my PT was able to help me get symptom free after about 6 months.</p>
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Fast forward to a fall in March of this year (stupid skate skis are death traps...not sure why I decided to take up that sport at 45...it is pretty fun though). That fall triggered something and the numbness and tingling returned. I kinda ignored it for a month since I had a big ski traverse I was training for and just wanted to get through that. Plus I figured that with some mindful stretching and PT I&#39;d get through this bout similar to the last. So I started PT in earnest about 4 weeks ago...was making a little positive progress when out of nowhere, the outside head of my left tricep just stopped firing. It was crazy, no real pain preceeding the loss of function. All of a sudden it just doesn&#39;t work.</p>
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So now I&#39;m fast forwarding quickly. Have an MRI scheduled and some consults lined up. Continuing PT and at home work, and trying to maintain strength without pissing off the nerve too much.</p>
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Anyways, was glad to see this post on TGR from some folks that like to ski and get after it outside sharing postive stories following surgery. As I&#39;m beginning to think that is where my path is leading. Crazy how many bad stories you can find when you start prowling the intrawebs.</p>
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With that said, seeing as how this thread is several years old now, curious if those of you that have posted about your recoveries are willing to share how its going now.&nbsp; And also if anyone might be willing to share any rec&#39;s on surgical facilities to consult with. I&#39;m in Bozeman and while we have a few spine docs/surgeons in town, I also want to get some second/third opinions.</p>
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Thanks in advance.</p>

[Skistack]

I had C6/7 done about 15 years ago, and C5/6 about 5 years prior to that for herniated discs. But both were fusion surgeries w/ cadaver bone. At that time my doc said they weren’t sure artificial discs would last my lifetime (late 30’s, early 40’s). That may be different today.

Both surgeries were done by Rick Sasso at Indiana Spine. He developed alot of the hardware and techniques used in spinal surgery, and runs an institute to teach other docs. Not sure if Sasso is still in practice, but it may be worth having a consult w/ IS.

Surgery was after about 6 months of intense pain, and after PT and cortisone shots had no effect. I walked out 2 hours after surgery pain free both times. Once the bones fuse it’s stronger than before. I don’t have any concerns about getting after it, but I don’t huck cliffs, DH MTB or other extreme shit. Range of motion is reduced. I will have occasional numbness and tingling, probably due to bone spurs forming.


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[Holtenfrau]

<p>
Thanks Skistack. Glad to hear that fusion has been a success for so long. And I&#39;ll look into Dr Sasso and Indiana Spine.&nbsp;</p>