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  • My scar @ a year post-op

    it's faded a lot! T2-L1...

  • #2
    Wow - what a great scar!!!!!! Im a little over 4 weeks postop and I haven't brought myself to look at mine yet completely. But, I'm already in awe to see that my torso lines up again. I know - silly huh? And, I can't believe my ribs don't stick out so far any more. Geesh - I think Dr. Lenke truly walks on water!!!!!!
    Rita Thompson
    Age 46
    Milwaukee Brace wearer for 3 years in childhood
    Surgery Mar 1st - 95 degree thoracic curve
    Surgery by Dr. Lenke, St. Louis, MO
    Post-surgery curve 25-30 degree

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    • #3
      Your back looks great! Hard to tell now, that you ever had scoliosis. Your scar has faded well. It's much lighter than mine.
      Surgery March 3, 2009 at almost 58, now 63.
      Dr. Askin, Brisbane, Australia
      T4-Pelvis, Posterior only
      Osteotomies and Laminectomies
      Was 68 degrees, now 22 and pain free

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      • #4
        Jess- Your scar is great and so is your correction! Thanks for posting this pic.

        Rita - I had to laugh when I read that you haven't really looked at your scar yet. It took me awhile before I looked at mine too. I just didn't want to look at it but was content with my husband's periodic assessment of it and the photos he took of it in the hospital and once we got home. I don't think I looked at the actual scar until maybe 6 weeks later.

        I kind of like looking at it now, is that weird?
        Julie - 51 yrs old

        Dx'd 1973 - 43* thoracic curve / rotation
        Wore Milwaukee brace 1973 - 1979
        Pre-surgery: 63* thoracic / 52* lumbar curves


        Surgeries: P - March 16, 2009 - Fused T3-S2 with pelvic fixation
        A -April 14, 2009 - Fused L5-S1
        Achieved +70% Correction
        Dr. Khaled Kebaish, (and team) Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore


        Standing x-ray
        New Spine 03/19/2009
        New Spine Lateral 03/19/2009

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        • #5
          Jess - thank you so much for posting this picture. Since I am being fused the exact as you are T2-L1, your photo is so exciting. Your scar is minimal, so straight, no hump, and you are bending forward nicely. Oh my gosh this makes me feel good. Thank you again for sharing. Happy one year anniversary.
          Shari - 55 years old
          Pre-Surgery 62 degree thorasic curve with shifting.
          Post op 13 degree curve.
          Successful surgery 4/15/10, T3-L2 fused.
          2nd surgery to reopen incision 10" to diagnose infection, 5/18/10
          Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI - the late Dr. Harry Herkowitz
          www.scoliosisthejourney.com

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          • #6
            Jess,

            what a good looking scar!! I wonder if it will continue to fade? I haven't looked at mine lately, so I'll have to take a peek.
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            Debbe - 50 yrs old

            Milwalkee Brace 1976 - 79
            Told by Dr. my curve would never progress

            Surgery 10/15/08 in NYC by Dr. Michael Neuwirth
            Pre-Surgury Thorasic: 66 degrees
            Pre-Surgery Lumbar: 66 degrees

            Post-Surgery Thorasic: 34 degrees
            Post-Surgery Lumbar: 22 degrees

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            • #7
              Very nice zipper!!! You back is beautiful!!! Great job done by your seamstress. My scars fades more as each year passes. You can barely see the 2 scars from my ant. surgery.

              Lookin' good girl,
              Shari

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              • #8
                Jess--I'm a year today and mine isn't anywhere near that faded. That's fantastic. Where my top curve is it's much wider and redder. The bottom is pretty good. What was the degree of your top curve? Janet
                Janet

                61 years old--57 for surgery

                Diagnosed in 1965 at age of 13--no brace
                Thoracic Curve: 96 degrees to 35 degrees
                Lumbar Curve: 63 degrees to 5 degrees
                Surgery with Dr. Lenke in St. Louis--March 30, 2009
                T-2 to Pelvis, and hopefully all posterior procedure.

                All was posterior along with 2 cages and 6 osteotomies.

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                • #9
                  thanks, all!! my primary, large curve -- in my thoracic spine -- was 57 degrees at the time of surgery. now i think it's 17 degrees, and my amazing surgeon got my compensatory lumbar curve to 0 (was around 42). my scar is slightly darker in person...the photo is a bit washed out. but it's still really light and has faded well!

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                  • #10
                    debbei,
                    did you look at your scar!?

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