I'm trying to dodge going out to dinner w/my husband. It's too cold, I'm not hungry, and I'm already in stay-at-home-sweats. But, probably my real reason is that I feel sort of down, I'm tired of the pain and I feel fat.
Aug 25, 2009, I was fused T-3 to L-3. My thoracic curve was about 86*, and I had a good correction. Thanks to a post-op problem, I ended up losing about 30 lbs in a month. (I had been trying to lose 20 lbs for years, so this was very welcome!) By mid-Oct, I was rarely taking anything for pain. By my 1 year mark, THOUGH,I was having pain and (sorta long story short) I had all hardware removed this last Nov 2 (14+ mos post-fusion surgery). Since then, I am in constant pain - still taking oxycontin, oxycodone, Flexaril and Advil. Now, after I have been up for an hour or so, I start to hunch forward. After a few hours of being up and active (and by "active, I mean only sitting, standing, walking and showering. . . and at some point in the day, loading the dishwasher and working on the laundry) I am SO hunched over that, if you look at me from the side, I look like a "C". Also, my curve is re-curving, quickly. I have an appt w/my surgeon on V-Day - I'll be interested to see how close I am now to my "square 1" curve. Because of my lack of activity, and because I'm home so much of the time now, I've gained back many of those lost pounds. Plus, my new "how I spend my day" makes me feel somewhat "un-me". Chances are excellent that. . .I'll get to do the fusion surgery, all again, sometime in the next few months. Exactly what the next surgery will be, I'll be interested to know. . .ie, how many levels, what he'll do about the hunching issue, and if hell do anterior along w/posterior this time. I don't relish the idea of experiencing the fusion surgery again.
Thanks for the vent opportunity. Maybe I should go get dressed and go to dinner with my husband, so he doesn't feel like he's married to a dull, no-fun, sit-at-home person.
Aug 25, 2009, I was fused T-3 to L-3. My thoracic curve was about 86*, and I had a good correction. Thanks to a post-op problem, I ended up losing about 30 lbs in a month. (I had been trying to lose 20 lbs for years, so this was very welcome!) By mid-Oct, I was rarely taking anything for pain. By my 1 year mark, THOUGH,I was having pain and (sorta long story short) I had all hardware removed this last Nov 2 (14+ mos post-fusion surgery). Since then, I am in constant pain - still taking oxycontin, oxycodone, Flexaril and Advil. Now, after I have been up for an hour or so, I start to hunch forward. After a few hours of being up and active (and by "active, I mean only sitting, standing, walking and showering. . . and at some point in the day, loading the dishwasher and working on the laundry) I am SO hunched over that, if you look at me from the side, I look like a "C". Also, my curve is re-curving, quickly. I have an appt w/my surgeon on V-Day - I'll be interested to see how close I am now to my "square 1" curve. Because of my lack of activity, and because I'm home so much of the time now, I've gained back many of those lost pounds. Plus, my new "how I spend my day" makes me feel somewhat "un-me". Chances are excellent that. . .I'll get to do the fusion surgery, all again, sometime in the next few months. Exactly what the next surgery will be, I'll be interested to know. . .ie, how many levels, what he'll do about the hunching issue, and if hell do anterior along w/posterior this time. I don't relish the idea of experiencing the fusion surgery again.
Thanks for the vent opportunity. Maybe I should go get dressed and go to dinner with my husband, so he doesn't feel like he's married to a dull, no-fun, sit-at-home person.
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