OfflineI take 2 diabetes meds, 5 hypertension meds, 1 cholesterol med, 1 thyroid med plus lyrica and I forgot what the other one was,lol.
I'm kind of wondering if this is going to be doable after acdf surgery. I keep hearing how hard and painful it is going to be to swallow. Well, chalk that up as an important question to ask the surgeon before the surgery date.
I'm not certain how many levels are going to be done. My DO thinks the surgeon will want to do C-3 thru C-6 or 7. Probably doesn't matter in terms of how difficult swallowing pills will be post surgery.
Ken GreyEagle
Western Band Surgery
hypertension, type 2 diabetes, 56 yrs old, married 34 yrs, 2 children, 2 grandsons, cervical spine surgery upcoming, tonsilectomy 1959, carpal tunnel surgery both hands 1997
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Ken,
Definitely talk to your doc, because many meds you cannot crush. I've read where some of the folks after ACDF's will use certain foods to swallow their meds with.
Hang in there!
"C"
"I tried to puree a rock...it didn't work..."
c4,5 c5,6 and c6,7 ACDF with titanium implants spinal stenosis and bone spurs.herniations at T7,8 and T11,12 also L4,5and S1.