Hello Scoliosis friends. I am 50 years old and have had scoliosis diagnosed since I was 12 years old. I wore the Milwaulkee Brace for 4 years and declined surgery as a teenager. I have held myself clinically straight all these years and now I am very tired. The pain and decline in my quality of life have caused me to seek surgery. So, in one week I am scheduled to have 8 vertebrae fused. My current top curve is 54.
Questions:
1. My bedroom is upstairs. I am single and live with my 13 year old daughter. Should I try to get up the stairs upon return from hospital stay or get a bed in my living room? There is only a half bath downstairs.
2. Should I ask the doctor to use all donor bone grafts to avoid the self-donated bone insicion? Is the donor incision worse in healing than the spinial incision?
3. How long before driving again?
4. Any tips on setting up my house or things to bring to the hospital to make recovery comfortable?
5. Any suggestions about anything related to the surgery?
Thanks in advance,
joan
Questions:
1. My bedroom is upstairs. I am single and live with my 13 year old daughter. Should I try to get up the stairs upon return from hospital stay or get a bed in my living room? There is only a half bath downstairs.
2. Should I ask the doctor to use all donor bone grafts to avoid the self-donated bone insicion? Is the donor incision worse in healing than the spinial incision?
3. How long before driving again?
4. Any tips on setting up my house or things to bring to the hospital to make recovery comfortable?
5. Any suggestions about anything related to the surgery?
Thanks in advance,
joan
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