On and on and on and on....

Well still in the collar and now since I have been having pain more like what I was experiencing before the surgery I asked to have my appointment with the doc on an earlier date. Unfortunately the best they could do is one week earlier, and then they said I should stay in the collar the whole time until the doctor could take a look at me and see what the cause of the pain is. So, for now I hope to have the collar off by the end of next week. We will have to see, all I can say is thank god for Loritab.

2 More weeks.

A holiday and the start of a new year have gone by and here I am still in the torture device. Apparently my neck didn't look good enough at my last check up and x-ray so the doctor decided to have me stay in the collar for a few more weeks. I now have 2 weeks till he says I can take it off for real. I can't say how happy I will be to be able to turn my head again, but I am still a little apprehensive. I still have pain in my neck and right shoulder every day, some days are better then others but it can be pretty bad still so I am worried that it won't improve after I take off the cervical collar. I will have to just wait and see how it goes. I know it will take time either way.