Ski Bug I too am late for the party.   I just finished my second surgery in 3 weeks. My symptoms started in Feb as neck pain, followed soon after with no use of right tricep. Both symtoms I had 7 years ago and never stopped me from skiing. It went away after some alternative treatments. This time within a week I was unable to open a pair of sissors or lift my fingers, I was freaked out. Went to the first ortho after a MRI he wanted a 2 level fusion a week into it. Second opinion from a respected nuro was he did not see enough damage in my MRI to justify a fusion and definately would not commit to being able to correct the problem. I finally got to the right doctors 2 emgs and a ct scan before they had a plan. First was ulner nerve decompression and second was a 2 level laminectomy c7 &c8 nerve roots. Had improvement after both. I know several people with multiple level fusions that are doing great. However, new school is moving towards artificial disc which have an easier recovery etc. As of now they are only approved single level in the states, but Europe blogs show that multi level has been going on for awhile and it is only a matter of time before we catch up. My ortho doc has done several and was willing to clean out 1 level and do an artficial disc on the other. I lucked out for now and did not need hardware. Hope you are doing better.Â