Cervical Spinal Stenosis

My wife has cervical spinal stenosis (C-5-C-6). Has some pain in her right arm and continual neck “tightness”. Neurosurgeon says symptoms will get worse if she doesn’t have surgery. He wants to fuse two disks together and open up the canal for the spinal cord. My wife isn’t sure what to do because she is functional and getting used to the pain. She is also concerned about the surgery risk.

Has anyone else had to deal with this dilemna of trying to decide when to get the surgery? When is it worth the risk of getting the surgery? Although highly unlikely she could be worse off after surgery.

Would like the hear from other folks that went through this situation and how they made out.

Thanks!