hi i would strongly advice you to try a few alternative therapys before you decide on the surgical root,i was in your position 5 years ago with c5 c6 compretion,with numbness and pain,as for lsi the local emergency room in tampa has had a few of there mistakes rushed in,myself i sat with a17 year veteran of spinal surgerys,he drilled into my main artery during the procedure i was put in a coma and had a 2 surgery to clot a aneuerysm he had cuased,but remember the chances are a lottery so stay c