Surgery?

My husband had to see a neurologist this week because of severe nerve pain in his neck and down his back. He is now taking some pills and wearing a soft collar. He had to have an x-ray of his neck and an MRI. We'll find out Wednesday what will happen next. I think it will probably be surgery because it appears a vertebrae may be pinching a nerve in his spinal column. Not looking forward to that and he sure isn't either.