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<blockquote data-quote="Allen" data-source="post: 459486" data-attributes="member: 389">People are selective in what they remember and share.&nbsp; If you've had successful surgery, life goes on and you almost forget about it at times.&nbsp; If the surgery didn't meet your expectations, one probably mentions it a lot to friends and family.It wasn't until after I had a successful fusion of C4-C7 that I found out I had an awful lot of acquaintances who had similar surgeries in the past.&nbsp; Seriously, it's been well over a year now for me and I don't regret getting it done.&nbsp; Some who complain about the outcome of their surgery are also forgetting just how bad their condition must have been to talk them into it in the first place, much less how bad their situation would probably be if it was a degenerative condition that would have probably continued to progress. A successful spinal surgery doesn't always mean you will live pain free.&nbsp; In my case it was to help prevent me from being a quadriplegic from &quot;falling off a chair while changing a lightbulb, experiencing an airbag in a 5 mph fender bender, or slipping on the ice while out fishing&quot;.&nbsp; While the neck can still get stiff when I do something like shooting pool, every day I've got full control of the appendages is a win.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Allen, post: 459486, member: 389"] People are selective in what they remember and share. If you've had successful surgery, life goes on and you almost forget about it at times. If the surgery didn't meet your expectations, one probably mentions it a lot to friends and family. It wasn't until after I had a successful fusion of C4-C7 that I found out I had an awful lot of acquaintances who had similar surgeries in the past. Seriously, it's been well over a year now for me and I don't regret getting it done. Some who complain about the outcome of their surgery are also forgetting just how bad their condition must have been to talk them into it in the first place, much less how bad their situation would probably be if it was a degenerative condition that would have probably continued to progress. A successful spinal surgery doesn't always mean you will live pain free. In my case it was to help prevent me from being a quadriplegic from "falling off a chair while changing a lightbulb, experiencing an airbag in a 5 mph fender bender, or slipping on the ice while out fishing". While the neck can still get stiff when I do something like shooting pool, every day I've got full control of the appendages is a win. [/QUOTE]

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