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    I just wanted to share some good news with everyone... My doctor has cleared me to go back to work full-time starting October 6th! I'm so super happy to go back that I tear up thinking about it. It's not the working part that I'm excited about, but the thought of life returning to what I consider normal for me. It also means that I've met one of my goals even though it's 3 weeks later than I wanted. Next goal is to lose 10 lbs by February for a black tie event!
    Tiffany K
    I'm not short, I'm fun size!

    29 years old
    4'11", never braced
    Pre-surgery, 52° T6 to T12, 35° T12 to L4
    T1-L2, Posterior 8/5/2010, gained 1"

    http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...9&l=03212f3e17

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    That's fantastic news Tiffany! Getting back into an old routine, even though it's "work", is probably just what the doctor ordered. I bet your co-workers will be so glad to see you. Good luck to you!
    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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    • #3
      Hope it goes good for you, keep us posted.
      Surgery scheduled for January 2011
      by Charles (Ted) Shuff
      http://cabellhuntington.org/services...ce/physicians/
      http://s910.photobucket.com/albums/a...dayjunk/Davis/

      "Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then."
      -- Samuel Johnson
      "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -
      -- Benjamin Franklin

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      • #4
        That is great news!

        Melissa

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        • #5
          Congrats, Tiffany! Great news! Getting back to normal is what is's all about. I will be 4 weeks post op this coming Tuesday and I'm hoping to get back to driving within the next week or 2. I've been gradually reducing the pain meds and that's going well. It makes me crazy to have to depend on others to do everything for me!
          Age 56
          Wore a Milwaukee Brace for 3 years in hs
          Fused L4-S1 for high grade spondylolisthesis Jan '09 in Indy
          Thoracic 68
          Surgery Aug 31, 2010 T3 to L1
          Dr Bridwell St Louis
          http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/attac...1&d=1289881696

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          • #6
            Originally posted by LisaB View Post
            Congrats, Tiffany! Great news! Getting back to normal is what is's all about. I will be 4 weeks post op this coming Tuesday and I'm hoping to get back to driving within the next week or 2. I've been gradually reducing the pain meds and that's going well. It makes me crazy to have to depend on others to do everything for me!

            Depending on others is the worst. I am 4 1/2 months post op and I cannot lift heavy items and since I fused very long bending is a issue, I am still denping on others

            Melissa

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            • #7
              Congrats Tiffany! That's the news we all want to hear: life getting back to normal for us post-ops.
              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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              • #8
                Tiffany good luck going back to work on 10/6/10
                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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                • #9
                  Yeah!

                  Tiffany,
                  I'm so happy for you! Don't push yourself too hard and if you have a desk job, remember to get up and walk around frequently. Here's to the fabulous new, tight fitting dress I hope you buy for your black-tie event!!!
                  Kathy
                  46 yrs at surgery, now 50
                  71 degree thoracolumbar curve corrected to 34 degrees
                  8/2/2010 surgery with Dr. Lenke

                  posterior T9 to sacrum with pelvic fixation

                  4 osteotomies and 1 cage
                  http://s1066.photobucket.com/albums/...athK_08022010/

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                  • #10
                    Great news for you Tiffany! I'm sure it means so much to get back to a normal life. I had a mere neck surgery and it meant so much to me just to drive again and gain some of my independence back.
                    Chris, Austin, TX
                    age:58
                    80 degree thoracic/36 degree lumbar curves
                    Surgery 8/2/10, Anterior Cervical Decompression/Fusion
                    C4/5, C5/6, C6/7
                    New Surgery date 10/25/2010, T-2 to Pelvis, posterior
                    Dr. Matthew Geck, Seton Spine and Scoliosis Center

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