Hello, all my Forum friends.
I met with my surgeon, Dr.Akbarnia (San Diego), yesterday. He had scheduled me for two separate anterior and posterior surgeries, 3 days apart. Now he has decided to do them at the same time. This was partly due to a scheduling conflict. His office called last week to move my second surgery back to 7 days from my first. This would be a hardship for my son, who is coming to take care of me since I live alone. He is in grad school and is already sacrificing a lot to come in the middle of school. He is a wonderful young man, who had a spinal fusion himself at the age of 14. He is still doing great, by the way. My surgery will last at least 12 hours. I'll be in the ICU for a couple of days at least, Dr. A. thinks. Scary, but I'm glad I'm getting it over with. Bertha did it and it sounds like she is OK. She is in my age group. My surgery is scheduled for May 15. My doctor had to reschedule because he is speaking at a conference. He speaks at many, since he is one of the well known spinal deformity surgeons. Those of us who have doctors who are well known just have to deal with such things, I guess.
Dr. A. showed my before and after xrays of a 48 year old male patient of his who has a similar fusion to mine one month ago. He'd just come in for his one-month check up. He got a great correction. Dr. A. said he walked in to the office on his own and seemed to be doing well. I pray I'll be the same.
Brynn
I met with my surgeon, Dr.Akbarnia (San Diego), yesterday. He had scheduled me for two separate anterior and posterior surgeries, 3 days apart. Now he has decided to do them at the same time. This was partly due to a scheduling conflict. His office called last week to move my second surgery back to 7 days from my first. This would be a hardship for my son, who is coming to take care of me since I live alone. He is in grad school and is already sacrificing a lot to come in the middle of school. He is a wonderful young man, who had a spinal fusion himself at the age of 14. He is still doing great, by the way. My surgery will last at least 12 hours. I'll be in the ICU for a couple of days at least, Dr. A. thinks. Scary, but I'm glad I'm getting it over with. Bertha did it and it sounds like she is OK. She is in my age group. My surgery is scheduled for May 15. My doctor had to reschedule because he is speaking at a conference. He speaks at many, since he is one of the well known spinal deformity surgeons. Those of us who have doctors who are well known just have to deal with such things, I guess.
Dr. A. showed my before and after xrays of a 48 year old male patient of his who has a similar fusion to mine one month ago. He'd just come in for his one-month check up. He got a great correction. Dr. A. said he walked in to the office on his own and seemed to be doing well. I pray I'll be the same.
Brynn
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