Cervical instability, stenosis, and spine surgery recommedation

Hi! New here. I am hypermobile, including my neck, and I have a recommendation from an orthopedic spine surgeon to move forward with a one-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. I have a broad based herniation causing significant stenosis, with myelopathy and radiculopathy. There is retrolisthesis with instability/micromotion. I have a lot of pain and my neck is always stiff and cracks a lot.

My rheumatologist gave me a 9 of 9 on the Beighton scale and I'm waiting for my appointment with a geneticist in a few months. The surgeon I consulted, despite being an industry leader in orthopedic spine surgery, knows very little about EDS. I can hardly find doctors that treat or diagnose it, and none that take my insurance so far despite an exhausting amount of searching and research. I live in Florida but I've been trying to find literally anyone in the US. I have so far only found two physical therapists. One is far and one doesn't take my insurance but I think I'll have to just go for it.

I'm trying to find information about:

- finding knowledgeable doctors that take insurance, particularly a neurosurgeon for second opinion
- any considerations that may impact specific surgery decision because of EDS / HSD (besides general surgery considerations like bleeding / anesthesia / positioning / scar healing etc.)
- stabilization of neck or other special considerations for care of the neck in the meantime

Thank you in advance to anyone with tips, and thank you for reading!