Philip
Laura: My July 2 surgery was postponed,and is scheduled for Friday,August 15,2003.The neurosurgeon wanted to rule out ALS with an EMG,the EMG was negative.The procedure will be a cervical laminectomy with fusion and hardware.This will, hopefully,resolve the stenosis,radiculopathy,and myelopathy. Here are two articles I find to be helpful for understanding cervical spondylotic myelopathy(CSM): Thank you for your concern.I hope you are feeling better. PG P.S. Some definitions: http://neuro-www.mgh.harvard.edu/forum/SpeechDisordersF/11.5.989.50AMDefinitions2.html