More Helpful Tips on Coping with a Cervical (Neck) Collar

George Flanagin's ACDF portal has excellent tricks and techniques for coping with life in a neck collar. I especially can relate to his explanation that once your collar is on, your vision shrinks to what is directly ahead of you. It IS a little nauseating. I used to get seasick trying to shop at the grocery store or somewhere like Target. I tried walking down the center of a row and looking side to side... a recipe for dizziness and sour stomach. I finally learned to stand against one side of an aisle, with my back to the shelves, and look across at the items on the other side of the aisle. I would side-step my way down the row, then switch so my back was against the shelves on the other side of the aisle, rinse, and repeat. I'm getting tired just thinking about it now!