My neck has recovered thank goodness. When it hurts and doesn’t want to hold up my head, it sort of consumes you because if you move your neck, you stop doing what you were doing and sit down again with the neck cushion thing around your neck. It just can’t be ignored like a wound or cut or some muscle ache could be.
I’m glad to hear that! Since, iirc, you’ve lost significant cartilage at C5-6, I thought you might have a more extended recovery, but if you used antiinflammatory agents, maybe it has a significant muscular/ligamentous/soft tissue component. (I have neck problems, too, that seemed to stem from an old whiplash.) Is it possible to recognize when a problem’s going to arise so you can head it off early? (I don’t practice what I’m preaching. I really think twice before I pop an aspirin lol!)