Feb 5th, 2008 at Methodist with Dr. Darrell Hanson (man, I really, REALLY like him!). He spent the better part of 2 hours answering my 1000 questions, and I'm still puzzled why some have been so put off by his bedside manner. I suppose it truly is just a matter of personal preference.
Posterior approach, T5-L1 with vitallium 6 mm rods and titanium screws.
1 pint blood donation, no thoracoplasty (I didn't *want* it, and he was going to try to dissuade me, anyway ;-), and bone grafting will be a combo of scraped and probably 1 unit of BMP.
Because I have a history of MRSA, we agreed on Bactrim the week prior - and Vancomycin afterwards. With my extreme tolerance to pain meds (4 years of pain mgmt was basically an exercise in futility for me) he'll set me up soon with a pain mgmt specialist to make a plan for big guns on coming home.
I'm so excited, but it REAL! Ack! REAL!
Regards,
Pam
Posterior approach, T5-L1 with vitallium 6 mm rods and titanium screws.
1 pint blood donation, no thoracoplasty (I didn't *want* it, and he was going to try to dissuade me, anyway ;-), and bone grafting will be a combo of scraped and probably 1 unit of BMP.
Because I have a history of MRSA, we agreed on Bactrim the week prior - and Vancomycin afterwards. With my extreme tolerance to pain meds (4 years of pain mgmt was basically an exercise in futility for me) he'll set me up soon with a pain mgmt specialist to make a plan for big guns on coming home.
I'm so excited, but it REAL! Ack! REAL!
Regards,
Pam
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