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I kind of do on my website (Before and after xrays, and a shot of rib hump before, and straight on of back, then one post op with my scar.) I am going to update it again soon...
Meg is Spinewhine
31 years old with thoracic curve
Wore Boston brace as teenager, but curve continued to progress.
Surgery on 12/13/2005 with correction from over 55 degrees to under 25 degrees. (Ya baby!)
It is the rotation of the spine, more so than the actual curve, the makes the rib hump.
Meg,
I took a look at your before and after photos, may I say your spine looks wonderful! Great correction! I would like to share my sons before and after x-rays if I can ever figure out how to scan the darn things.
Don't feel bad! I know how to scan Jamie's pictures and have shared them with many people through e-mail, but I can't for the life of me get them small enough to post on the forum!
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.
To post images, use an image host like imageshack.us. They will shrink the size of it for you. Then, you copy the http://(url) of the image they give you and you paste that here.
36 year old single mom of teens ages 14 & 15.
Anterior/posterior spinal fusion on February 9th & 16th 2006 with Dr. Anthony Moreno who now has his own practice.
Fused from T-3 to S-1 (sacrum)
Curve pre-op = 70 degrees
Curve post op = 20 degrees
No pain anymore!! Google is your friend
I am not a doctor and will never give medical advice. I will support and answer questions from personal experience only.
Jamie and I are doing well. Her back is doing great and she's actually been able to do some things like riding our 4-wheeler and riding a few rollercoasters which of course she wasn't allowed to do for one year.
It feels so good to be where we are. Jamie started a job this week and has joined the swim team, so as you can see, things are back to normal as far as her back goes.
Thanks for asking.
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.
For some reason, when we first installed the printer, the scanner wouldn't install. Last week, we tried to reinstall the scanner, which finally came up on computer but we lost printing function. Got new hardware, which reinstalled the printer but again did not install the scanning option. So I'm back to square one, guess I lost my little window of opportunity-should have tried this last week. One day I will figure this out......
THanks for the compliment! I actually didn't even really know I had a rib hump until I saw that pic, which was taken a few weeks before surgery. I always asked if my scolioisis was noticible to others, and they always said no. Maybe thinking they were just being polite, because if I would have seen that on somebody, I would have told them about it (if they asked)...
Meg is Spinewhine
31 years old with thoracic curve
Wore Boston brace as teenager, but curve continued to progress.
Surgery on 12/13/2005 with correction from over 55 degrees to under 25 degrees. (Ya baby!)
Meg, I'm with you I NEVER thought my hump was big until the P.T. had me on all fours in front of a mirror. (Pre-surgery) YIKES where did that come from??!! Also, your before and after pictures look like you gained 4"! How much did you gain? I am just learning to send e-photos thanks for the info Katblack! I will try that site. Suzy
girls,
my rib hump is really bad & now sticks way out. From the front I look good, you wouldnt know but my back is really messed up.... Suzy, no comparison to yours...I'm way worse probably due to the kyphosis(85%). I'm so hoping after going thru major surgery that the hump goes down...Ly
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