As I have mentioned here before I am 2yrs post op and in quite a lot of pain still. My pain is mostly 'pressure' pain and a feeling of carrying an axe in my back.
I decided to take a letter for my surgeon when I went or my 2yr check yesterday. I had written a list of my pains and how my quality of life is affected. He was great and read it out loud looking concerned.
My X-rays were fine-he checked for halos around the screws which indicates they are loose-there wasn't any-everything was as it should be.
He still thinks the large protruding screws are the problem (so do I) but because of how they are situated the whole lot would have to come out. He said I would loose 10% correction if he does this. I had an amazing correction so I wouldn't mind that. He said of course until I'm in the table we can't rule out non fusion. He said CT scan isn't very reliable in showing fusion up.
The plan of action now is for him to take my case to a meeting where it will be decided what would be the best thing to do. I'm just so happy that my surgeon is a lovely caring person who even though my X-rays show everything is in place he still wants to improve my pain
I decided to take a letter for my surgeon when I went or my 2yr check yesterday. I had written a list of my pains and how my quality of life is affected. He was great and read it out loud looking concerned.
My X-rays were fine-he checked for halos around the screws which indicates they are loose-there wasn't any-everything was as it should be.
He still thinks the large protruding screws are the problem (so do I) but because of how they are situated the whole lot would have to come out. He said I would loose 10% correction if he does this. I had an amazing correction so I wouldn't mind that. He said of course until I'm in the table we can't rule out non fusion. He said CT scan isn't very reliable in showing fusion up.
The plan of action now is for him to take my case to a meeting where it will be decided what would be the best thing to do. I'm just so happy that my surgeon is a lovely caring person who even though my X-rays show everything is in place he still wants to improve my pain
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