Barbara
I have had the surgery you are talking about in March of 2000. Since then I have had a lot less headaches. I used to have them everyday. My neck has healed up very well and I have the range of motion back. However, I am still having right arm pain and numbness. I am only able to handle the pain with medication. I don't feel that the pain and numbness will ever go away. The Doctors say it should be gone because the surgery took care of the pinched nerve. I had the surgery on C5 & C6. They say I am one of the rare cases when the surgery doesn't help immediately.