I had C2, C3, C4, C5, C6 blown out by an attentive gentleman who rear-ended me back in 1995 (34 years old). Fortunately, the driver who rearended me was not injured. The fact that he was driving with his head so far up his @$$ must have provided ample cushion during the impact.
The surgeon fused only C4, C5 and C6 because I was so young. He implanted stainless steel cages with donated bone between the levels, and placed a Titanium plate across the three levels. The plate facilitates getting active faster, as did donated bone rather than bone from my own hip.
My own difficulty getting back into shooting longguns was because of the two levels that were left injured and unfused. You'll be back to "abnormal" soon. Watch for internal scars, adhesions and future arthritis. These are very common afflictions to we fusing patients. In the event you do become recoil sensitive check into a good muzzle break (Williams for example).
I can't speak to the CT. I just leave mine be.
Geno
The surgeon fused only C4, C5 and C6 because I was so young. He implanted stainless steel cages with donated bone between the levels, and placed a Titanium plate across the three levels. The plate facilitates getting active faster, as did donated bone rather than bone from my own hip.
My own difficulty getting back into shooting longguns was because of the two levels that were left injured and unfused. You'll be back to "abnormal" soon. Watch for internal scars, adhesions and future arthritis. These are very common afflictions to we fusing patients. In the event you do become recoil sensitive check into a good muzzle break (Williams for example).
I can't speak to the CT. I just leave mine be.
Geno