I had surgery on 3/29 and 4/1, anterior and posterior, T-4 to pelvis, at Cedars-Sinai in LA by Dr. Pashman and got better than a 50 percent correction. Things are better after the typical three weeks of hell and the 15 percent weight loss, which I really didn’t need. But now, despite Pashman’s assurances that I am straighter and balanced, I find that I definitely lean to the right. It’s like my straighter spine is now coming out of a crooked pelvis, so that my shoulders are not in line with my hips; my right arm hangs without even grazing my side but my left hangs touching my left hip. My rehab doctor says it’s because my muscles are still trying to compensate for the severe, pre-surgical curve and aren’t used to this new structure. Pashman says to put a lift in my right shoe. Has anyone else ever experienced something like this? I certainly hope I didn’t go through all this just to be leaning at a different angle.
Thanks,
Andrew
Thanks,
Andrew
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