Sticking My Neck Out, I Remain Humble... Despite A Stiff Neck, Literally! - (20 cm Below The Skull, Inside View) - IMRAN™ I am so humbled by all the love and care you all show me. Although, now I can literally be called a Stiff-Neck. LOL How bone-shattering and rebuilding a project was it inside me? These two X-rays post-surgery show how neck vertebra C6 was literally broken out of its improper melding with C5 and C7 on either side. Basically a metal cage was then screwed in to the two vertebrae above and below to replace where C6 was. My leftover bone fragments from C6 and other materials were then filled in to that cage. Next, the idea is to heal and recover. Over the coming 3-6 months, nature and the body would eventually fill in that space, with the natural processes of bone self-repair. Now imagine that all that was done by the surgeon going in through the cut in my throat and through the neck to reach deep inside to do all that. He and the team had to do that without damaging the esophagus, carotid artery, and especially the spinal cord. I am so blessed that we live in this time when medical science lets these procedures be done fairly routinely. If you look at the front view of the two X-rays I am sharing, it almost looks like I have a mini Terminator skull installed in my neck. Maybe that is why saying "I will be back!" worked. By the grace of God, I am still with you all! I have been wearing a neck brace to support the healing process, and to avoid any accidental twists, turns, or bends that would undo the surgical work. The long term benefits, especially seeing which of the pains goes away, will take some time. Of course, the three vertebrae fused together mean I cannot have the normal neck flexing, but I had already been losing that from the bones fusing themselves. That is why I am not bothered. I am just so grateful to be around, in no pain, with no infection, and always hopeful for more love filled adventures ahead, God willing. Thank you all! © 2023 IMRAN™Sticking My Neck Out, I Remain Humble... Despite A Stiff Neck, Literally! - (20 cm Below The Skull, Inside View) - IMRAN™ I am so humbled by all the love and care you all show me. Although, now I can literally be called a Stiff-Neck. LOL How bone-shattering and rebuilding a project was it inside me? These two X-rays post-surgery show how neck vertebra C6 was literally broken out of its improper melding with C5 and C7 on either side. Basically a metal cage was then screwed in to the two vertebrae above and below to replace where C6 was. My leftover bone fragments from C6 and other materials were then filled in to that cage. Next, the idea is to heal and recover. Over the coming 3-6 months, nature and the body would eventually fill in that space, with the natural processes of bone self-repair. Now imagine that all that was done by the surgeon going in through the cut in my throat and through the neck to reach deep inside to do all that. He and the team had to do that without damaging the esophagus, carotid artery, and especially the spinal cord. I am so blessed that we live in this time when medical science lets these procedures be done fairly routinely. If you look at the front view of the two X-rays I am sharing, it almost looks like I have a mini Terminator skull installed in my neck. Maybe that is why saying "I will be back!" worked. By the grace of God, I am still with you all! I have been wearing a neck brace to support the healing process, and to avoid any accidental twists, turns, or bends that would undo the surgical work. The long term benefits, especially seeing which of the pains goes away, will take some time. Of course, the three vertebrae fused together mean I cannot have the normal neck flexing, but I had already been losing that from the bones fusing themselves. That is why I am not bothered. I am just so grateful to be around, in no pain, with no infection, and always hopeful for more love filled adventures ahead, God willing. Thank you all! © 2023 IMRAN™

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