Three and a half more weeks

[Dogmama]

45 minutes later I was in agony...there is no way I can sit at a computer for 8 hours a day right now.

Yup. When I had my cervical fusion, I remember one afternoon being bored silly watching dust motes. So, I decided that the baseboards needed scrubbing. 45 minutes later, I was digging around for a percoset and grabbing my recliner. Not good.

Remember that your adjacent vertebrae are having to work harder now. Neck bones are so delicate, don't push it. You don't want to have the adjacent vertebrae fused in a few years because you didn't let this heal properly.

(Been there, done that. Went back to work too early, and three years later, having same symptoms & will eventually have to get another fusion...heavy sigh.)