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    Well, tomorrow is the big day. My surgery is scheduled to begin at 10:30am, arrival at 8am. My bag is packed, laundry and housework all done and freezer is full of meals. I am as ready as I'm going to be! I am hopeful that I will be able to sleep tonight, if not it will be a long night.

    The good part about scheduling a major surgery like this is that you can prepare yourself both logistically and mentally. I have packed a lot of fun into the last few weekends with the understanding that my summer kind of ends now....

    I will post as soon as I'm able with an update. I will see you all on the other side.

    Misty

  • #2
    Misty

    Wishing you all the best for tomorrow....

    Post when you can

    Ed
    49 yr old male, now 63, the new 64...
    Pre surgery curves T70,L70
    ALIF/PSA T2-Pelvis 01/29/08, 01/31/08 7" pelvic anchors BMP
    Dr Brett Menmuir St Marys Hospital Reno,Nevada

    Bending and twisting pics after full fusion
    http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/showt...on.&highlight=

    My x-rays
    http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/attac...2&d=1228779214

    http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/attac...3&d=1228779258

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    • #3
      Misty,

      All the best for your day tomorrow. We are all here for you once you feel up to posting. Just think, next summer you will be feeling great, straight and balanced!

      Take care,
      Jana
      Diagnosed with idiopathic scoliosis at age 11
      Dr. Edgar Dawson of UCLA
      Braced and "stopped" below 50 degrees
      Age 25: 47 degrees, 48 degrees
      Age 38 (3 babies later): 60 degrees, 63 degrees and 2.5 inches shorter
      Age 41: 64 degrees, 70 degrees
      Dr. Gregory Mundis Jr. of Scripps Hospital, La Jolla CA
      June 2015-ALIF on L5-S1 for a slipped and degenerated disk
      June 14, 2016-T4-L4 spinal fusion with instrumentation
      Post-surgery: 16 degrees, 12 degrees and 2 inches taller

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      • #4
        I pray all goes well.
        T10-pelvis fusion 12/08
        C5,6,7 fusion 9/10
        T2--T10 fusion 2/11
        C 4-5 fusion 11/14
        Right scapulectomy 6/15
        Right pectoralis major muscle transfer to scapula
        To replace the action of Serratus Anterior muscle 3/16
        Broken neck 9/28/2018
        Emergency surgery posterior fusion C4- T3
        Repeated 11/2018 because rods pulled apart added T2 fusion
        Removal of partial right thoracic hardware 1/2020
        Removal and replacement of C4-T10 hardware with C7 and T 1
        Osteotomy

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        • #5
          Good luck Misty, I will be thinking of you today. I also had my surgery 5 weeks ago in the Twin Cities. At least the weather will be nice enough for you to do your walking outside.

          Warm wishes for a good recovery.

          Kathy
          Decompression surgery L4/L5
          April 3, 2015
          Twin Cities Spine Center - Dr. Joseph Perra
          Fused from T11 - Sacrum anterior/posterior
          June 24, 2016 - 55 years old at surgery
          Twin Cities Spine Center - Dr. Joseph Perra
          Before Surgery: 42 degrees lumbar, 28 degrees thoracic
          After Surgery: 10 degrees lumbar, ?? Thoracic
          2 inches taller

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          • #6
            Best of luck

            Sending you healing and tender waves for quick recovery... the first few days are rough but think there are better days ahead.
            39 years old, 2 children, suffering from scoliosis since the age of 12.
            Lumbar curve 55 degrees, 4 herniated disks and 2 small fractures - after surgery only 20 degree curve - Fusion T10-L4
            Surgery on 4/21/15 with Dr. Gjolaj @ (UM) Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL

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            • #7
              I pray that all goes well

              Melissa
              Melissa

              Fused from C2 - sacrum 7/2011

              April 21, 2020- another broken rod surgery

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              • #8
                Hope everything went well today Misty, thinking of you.
                Marianne
                rotoscoliosis, subluxation and spinal stenosis
                Surgery April 15, 2015 at age 67
                T11-L5
                Decompression with multiple discectomies
                Concord cages @ L2-3, L3-4, L4-5
                Osteotomies and local bone grafting
                Revision Feb.22, 2018
                Replaced rods
                Took out L5 disk to free up nerves
                Used BPM to help with fusing
                Fused T10-S1 with screws in pelvis

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