ACDF Recovery #1: EMERGENCY ACDF Surgery What You NEED to Know!

Amy Giaquinto (MAMA FIX IT™) shares her personal experience and advice on how to approach *recovery* post-surgery. She emphasizes the importance of understanding *how denial works* during the healing process, especially after *orthopedic surgery**. Learn tips for **postoperative care* and managing *chronic pain* effectively. She also discusses *cervical discectomy* and provides insight into *postoperative care**. This video also covers **anterior cervical discectomy* and what to expect after *surgery* during your recovery time. In MAMA FIX IT: Episode 15, Part 1: How to Survive ACDF Surgery from Emergency Room to In-Patient Recovery, join me, Amy Giaquinto (MAMA FIX IT), as I share the crazy story behind how I (a freakishly active woman with hypermobility, scoliosis, undifferentiated connective tissue disease, and fibromyalgia) came to have emergency Anterior Cervical Discectomy with Fusion surgery and how to survive ACDF surgery from the emergency room to the recovery room. I'll share my best tips and tricks for how to deal with pain to how to get the best care in the hospital. I'll even show you what a disc herniation looks like on an MRI and how discs herniate using a jelly donut. I'll talk about my radiculopathy symptoms and focus on how to navigate cervical spine surgery ease. 🎬✍️ I broke the episode in two parts, so click on the link below to watch MAMA FIX IT Episode 15: Part 2 How to Survive ACDF Surgery: Recovering at Home    • ACDF Recovery #2: What You NEED after Spin...   Be sure to check out my MAMA FIX IT blog at: https://www.amygiaquinto.com/blog/cat... Check out my website: www.AmyGiaquinto.com MAMA FIX IT shop: www.AmyGiaquinto.com/shop Subscribe for 20% off: www.AmyGiaquinto.com/subscribe Blog: www.AmyGiaquinto.com/blog SM: @giaquintoproductionsllc 0:00 Introduction 0:30 What happened to me, Mama Fix It? 02:17 ER Visit #1 - Diagnosing me 04:16 Donut Science: Spinal Disc Herniations Explained 06:13 My C-Spine Herniation with MRI Images 06:27 Drugs, Panic, Emergency ACDF Surgery, orthopedic surgery and Denial 07:32 Going Home on Steroids as part of postoperative care 07:49 Desperate for Help 08:26 ER Take 2 09:00 Surgery Gets Scheduled 09:15 Waking Up in Recovery and Recovery Room Tips 11:18 Drain Tube 11:36 Staying in the Hospital an Extra Night for added recovery time 12:54 Going Home and Pain Management and chronic pain 13:25 Closing 14:16 Bloopers #acdf, #acdfrecovery #amygiaquinto #mamafixit #giaquintoproductionsllc #postop #postoprecovery #spinesurgeryrecovery #neckbrace #physicaltherapy #cervicalspine #backpain #backpainrelief #surgeryvlog #acdf, #acdfrecovery #amygiaquinto #mamafixit #giaquintoproductionsllc #postop #postoprecovery #spinesurgeryrecovery #neckbrace #physicaltherapy #cervicalspine #backpain #backpainrelief #surgeryvlog #postopcare #postoprecovery #neurosurgeon #backsurgery #necksurgery, #doctor, #advice #medicaladvice