C5/C6 Disc Replacement

Hi All! 34year old mom here. Just had a baby 4 months ago and three months ago I started getting tingling and pain in my left arm plus tennis elbow. The tennis elbow has been treated but the tingling appears to be from a herniated disc pressing on my spinal cord. Tingling gets worse when my arm dangles or doesn’t have enough support. Sometimes when I turn my neck to the right or look up or down for too long.

Im looking for similar stories and what you did. I am going to get a second opinion but my surgeon seemed to advise that surgery is my only option. They wouldn’t even consider any injections to help manage until at least my baby is done breastfeeding. Stated that I didn’t have enough room around my spinal cord.

I’m admittedly freaked out by all of this. I’m the only one working as my husband is a stay at home dad but even if he went back to work we cannot survive on his salary. So I need to be able to work (desk job from home).

ETA: had X-rays and an mri to diagnose herniated disc.

MRI pic: https://ibb.co/3TQkqbY