I had the same surgery, well similar anyway (C-4,5), but the doc went in through the front of my neck to lessen the damage to the muscles in the back.
I see you're planning on being on the sled in january?
You truly are Superman if you can pull that off!
My surgery was in Sept. and I was scared Sh__less to even put the weight of a helmet on my head for 4 months
But my right arm works fairly normal now at least!
Best of luck to you Jlowe.
DON'T PUSH YOURSELF TOO HARD
And for god sake...Use a lot of stool softener. NOT LAXATIVES.
If you just use the Laxatives without the softeners you'll blow the rest of your back out trying to literally chit a brick
Been watchin' for that limited release,
autographed video....