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    I have to share a funny story that those with kids will appreciate. I'm about 4 months post op and doing well. My kids (10 and 12) were helping their mother hang some stuff on the wall and needed to use my stud finder and since I am still fairly useless, I was showing them how to use it. While I was explaining it to them I noticed it had a metal stud setting....so I switched it on and told my kids to rub it on their back to see if it did anything....of course it didn't go off so I told them to try it on me and it went off like crazy in the middle of my back. They thought that was so wierd and we all got a big laugh out out of it. Anyway, it was a neat way to show them I really do have that stuff inside and it helped them relax a bit more about it.

    Rich
    Pre-Surgery Lumbar 65 degrees
    A/P Fusion T10-Pelvis by Dr. Christopher Good
    Virginia Spine Institute, Reston, VA 3/17/10, 3/18/10
    Post-Surgery Lumbar 19 degrees, and 2" in height

  • #2
    Very Cute
    36 year young cardiac RN
    old curve C 29, T 70, L 50
    new curve C 7, T 23, L 20
    Surgery June 11, UCH, Dr. Cronen T2-L5, posterior
    Revision December 20 L5-S1 with pelvic fixation
    and Osteotomy to L3 at Tampa General Hospital

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    • #3
      Rich-
      Seriously?? I'm going to have to try that!

      When we use a stud finder in our house, my husband points it to his chest and then waits for me to make the appropriate remarks about what a stud he is.... we laugh every time like it's a new joke.

      But I could really get the last laugh if I turned it around and used it on myself!
      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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      • #4
        Oh Rich,

        you must be quite "The Stud"!!! BWHAHAHAHA Sorry I couldn't resist.

        I know my husband has one of those things, we'll have to try it on me!
        __________________________________________
        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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        • #5
          I can't wait to ask my daughter if we can try it on her back! I'm sitting here imagining your kids' faces as the stud finder goes off. It had to be priceless!

          Thanks for sharing.

          Mary Lou
          Mom to Jamie age 21-diagnosed at age 12-spinal fusion 12/7/2004-fused from T3-L2; and Tracy age 19, mild Scoliosis-diagnosed at age 18.

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          • #6
            O.K. Rich~ That totally made me laugh out loud, gotta go try it now.

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            • #7
              Love that story...thanks for the laugh!
              Laurie
              Age 57
              Posterior fusion w/thoracoplasty T2-L3 Oct 1, 2010
              Thoracic curve corrected from 61* to 16*
              Lumbar curve, unknown measurement
              Disfiguring back hump GONE!!
              Dr Munish Gupta
              UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA

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              • #8
                Glad you all enjoyed the story...I still joke around with the kids about it....I can't wait what happened when I get on a plane next time, that should be *fun*. :-)

                Rich
                Pre-Surgery Lumbar 65 degrees
                A/P Fusion T10-Pelvis by Dr. Christopher Good
                Virginia Spine Institute, Reston, VA 3/17/10, 3/18/10
                Post-Surgery Lumbar 19 degrees, and 2" in height

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                • #9
                  Funny! We are an odd lot, aren't we? We find humor in the strangest things! I actually was disappointed when I flew, that the bells and whistles did not even make the slightest acknowledgement when I went through security! I even warned them ahead of time that I would set it off...and nothing!
                  Laura
                  62 degrees
                  49 yrs. young
                  Surgery 3/31/10 with Lenke

                  Before and After pics
                  http://www.flickr.com/photos/13749126@N06/

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                  • #10
                    Ok rich that really funny.
                    Kara
                    25
                    Brace 4-15-05-5-25-06
                    Posterior Spinal Fusion 3-10-10
                    T4-L2
                    Before 50T
                    After 20T

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                    • #11
                      That is a cute and funny story. For those of you who think your hardware will set off alarms at the airport, I don't think they will, but you might try sliding in sideways and see if the metal detector reacts. Funny thing happened to me in Sea Tac airport in Seattle. I was wearing my spinal stimulator belt and set off every alarm in the entire section. You should have seen the look on everyone's faces including my own. Fortunately one of the inspectors recognized what was going on and came over to me to ask me if I could turn off my spine stim.
                      Their metal detectors must have been set very sensitive, because I wasn't even going thru the detector yet.
                      Sally
                      Diagnosed with severe lumbar scoliosis at age 65.
                      Posterior Fusion L2-S1 on 12/4/2007. age 67
                      Anterior Fusion L3-L4,L4-L5,L5-S1 on 12/19/2007
                      Additional bone removed to decompress right side of L3-L4 & L4-L5 on 4/19/2010
                      New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA
                      Dr. Frank F. Rands735.photobucket.com/albums/ww360/butterflyfive/

                      "In God We Trust" Happy moments, praise God. Difficult moments, seek God. Quiet moments, worship God. Painful moments, trust God. Every moment, thank God.

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