Peyton's surgery is a very intrusive procedure. I youtubed the events chronicled with several patients of the EXACT same procedure. It's no wonder they didn't want it leaked. A neck brace MUST be worn after this procedure especially when out driving or doing ANYTHING outside the home for fear of a fall or accident can be very costly. VIDEO BELOW - Animation of procedure.
People chronicled on the youtube videos were in extreme pain post-op 24 - 48 hours.
After the procedure, PAIN medication is a must as your insides VERY sore. It is extremely painful to swallow. First 10 days are hardest. I can't imagine that Manning would be traveling due to neck-brace. A hard brace apparatus is required outside of the home, where a soft can be worn inside. The hard brace looks VERY awkward and I can't imagine they would risk him on the sidelines with potential to get hit. Brace will be worn a good 3 weeks. Head is not allowed to bend backward, must be very careful (not that it is easy to do anyway because of the piece of hip-bone or non-auto graft now inserted in there) Not sure whether they took a piece of his hip bone for the graft or not but pretty sure they did. That (the hip bone) was placed between the two vertebrae after removal of the previous disk (which was protruding into his spinal cord causing numbness in triceps and pain in back), then trimmed with power tools and cleaned. fusion will take months. Peyton will have a scar on his throat just off to the side of adams apple horizonally about 2 inches long. Might be some slight bruising in this area as well. Finally they put a titanium bracket with 4 screws to ensure solid contact and fusion down the road. The video is a second level, where Peyton just had the one level. The video makes it look easy and fast but its about an hour procedure....lots of cleaning and incising and trimming.
Yes, this is a very painful procedure. I had this very same procedure done about 7 years ago and was back to work within two weeks on light duty. Granted I am not a professional football player so it wasn't expected of me to put myself through physically demanding workouts, but nonetheless it was still work. I was supposed to be off for about 4 to 6 months, but I could not afford that and my Dr. monitored the situation. I finally went back to work on regular duty after 12 weeks, and I felt absolutely great. I'm not saying that Peyton will be back in 12 weeks, but it is possible. \
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Yes, this is a very painful procedure. I had this very same procedure done about 7 years ago and was back to work within two weeks on light duty. Granted I am not a professional football player so it wasn't expected of me to put myself through physically demanding workouts, but nonetheless it was still work. I was supposed to be off for about 4 to 6 months, but I could not afford that and my Dr. monitored the situation. I finally went back to work on regular duty after 12 weeks, and I felt absolutely great. I'm not saying that Peyton will be back in 12 weeks, but it is possible. \