Discogram, cervical anterior adr surgery and my beard.

[fuzzy]

Thanks Dale,

My beard reaches down my neck (of cause). They would need to shave the surgical area plus a certain amount arround it to be able to secure the site. Question how much. The discography place writes in their instruction "shaven up to the shin. That seems to me much more then is nesessary, especially for just a disco. Also which side they could tell me that? They are stubborn and do not want to give me an answer other then they will not work on me if I show up incorrectly shaven!

One surgeon in Germany will only remove what is absolutely nesessary and I trust his judgment. Also no disco! But here in US it seems to be harder to get an answer other then Delamarters assistant saying "that beard will have to go". I don't know why it is but I have gotten more compassion in general in Europe it seems.

My neck will need to be fixed and my beard of cause will have to be secondary to that need. Maybe someone can still chime in on how much area tends to be taken up by the surgical prep.

[jchebert1979]

Fuzzy,
What levels are being done? You can guestimate the area needed to be shaven by the corresponding disc level (especially if you have MRI's as a reference). For instance, my C5-6 disc is directly behind my adams apple. I just had C6-7 and C7-t1 done. The needle entry for c7-t1 was about a half inch above my collar bone and c6-7 was about a half inch above that. I would think that if you could pull your beard up, tie it back, and shave it uderneath it would not be as noticeable.