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  • Before and after pics!

    Hey all -- I think I finally figured out how to post these....The "after" is on its side and I had trouble rotating it but you get the general idea.


    Before:
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    After:
    [ATTACH]402[/ATTACH]
    Chris
    A/P fusion on June 19, 2007 at age 52; T10-L5
    Pre-op thoracolumbar curve: 70 degrees
    Post-op curve: 12 degrees
    Dr. Boachie-adjei, HSS, New York

  • #2
    Okay, all you new post-ops ... DO NOT BEND to look at the after - LOL!

    Nice, Chris! He *did* get you straight ;-).

    Pam
    Fusion is NOT the end of the world.
    AIDS Walk Houston 2008 5K @ 33 days post op!


    41, dx'd JIS & Boston braced @ 10
    Pre-op ±53°, Post-op < 20°
    Fused 2/5/08, T4-L1 ... Darrell S. Hanson, Houston


    VIEW MY X-RAYS
    EMAIL ME

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    • #3
      Originally posted by txmarinemom View Post
      Okay, all you new post-ops ... DO NOT BEND to look at the after - LOL!

      Nice, Chris! He *did* get you straight ;-).

      Pam
      lol...I didnt...I turned my lap top onto its side!! I think its w/in my 5 lb weight restriction!

      Singer....nice correction!! Im hoping mine stays at the 10* mark-ish. Im so jealous of your fusion...that it goes to T10..lucky duck!!! ;0)

      I will have to try to post the before & after pics...when I get them! Im not that computer savy,so we shall see.....
      Lynn -30.... something
      DxD @ 8 yrs old: 10* curve-no brace-no nothin'!
      At age 26: Thorasic 48*/Lumbar 50*
      At age 34: Thorasic 58*/Lumbar 60*
      Posterior T5-L4 Fusion Jan 14th, 2009 w/Dr Tribus
      UW Madison, WI Hospital
      **AFTER: less than 10* Thorasic/15* Lumbar**

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      • #4
        Hi Chris,

        Thanks for the great pics--that's some impressive hardware.

        Sorry if this has been discussed before, but how much has your mobility changed, and how hard has it been to get used to it?


        Take care,
        Gayle, age 50
        Oct 2010 fusion T8-sacrum w/ pelvic fixation
        Feb 2012 lumbar revision for broken rods @ L2-3-4
        Sept 2015 major lumbar A/P revision for broken rods @ L5-S1


        mom of Leah, 15 y/o, Diagnosed '08 with 26* T JIS (age 6)
        2010 VBS Dr Luhmann Shriners St Louis
        2017 curves stable/skeletely mature

        also mom of Torrey, 12 y/o son, 16* T, stable

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        • #5
          Great pics Chris! You got great correction!
          Heather
          Surgery date: April 20, 2004
          Anterior/posterior surgery
          Fused T-11 to L-5
          Pre op lumbar curve: 70 degrees, thoracic curve: 42 degrees
          Post op lumbar curve: 19 degrees, thoracic curve: 18
          Surgeon: Dr. Boachie-Adjei
          Had successful pregnancy and birth 2 years post-op

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          • #6
            Chris,

            Very impressive! I can only hope for such a good correction! I will keep my fingers crossed!

            Susan
            Susan

            Diagnosed at 10, Boston brace from 11-13 yrs old.
            50* Lumbar w/ 5 centimeter shift to the left and slight rib hump...
            Surgery Date: April 15 and April 22, 2009
            X-LIF approach for disc repair L5,L4,L3,L2
            Posterior Approach for fusions L5-T5
            Dr. Fox @ Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
            Nice and straight now!!!!!

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            • #7
              Chris,

              HOLY MOLY!! No wonder you look so perfect now! That is absolutely remarkable.
              __________________________________________
              Debbe - 50 yrs old

              Milwalkee Brace 1976 - 79
              Told by Dr. my curve would never progress

              Surgery 10/15/08 in NYC by Dr. Michael Neuwirth
              Pre-Surgury Thorasic: 66 degrees
              Pre-Surgery Lumbar: 66 degrees

              Post-Surgery Thorasic: 34 degrees
              Post-Surgery Lumbar: 22 degrees

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              • #8
                Hi Chris...

                I don't rotate very well, so I could only view your x-ray for a second at a time. Do you have both posterior and anterior implants? I do, and it's been quite a while since I've seen anyone else with the same setup.

                Thanks for posting the pics.

                Regards,
                Linda
                Never argue with an idiot. They always drag you down to their level, and then they beat you with experience. --Twain
                ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Surgery 2/10/93 A/P fusion T4-L3
                Surgery 1/20/11 A/P fusion L2-sacrum w/pelvic fixation

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                • #9
                  I couldnt look without rotating. Hope this helps

                  Chris
                  Your illiac crest heights look pretty even in your pre x-ray. Thats quite a bend down low, similar to the way mine was.
                  Are those leaves in there? Or am I having an alien abduction? You guys remember that post, It was a classic!
                  Ed
                  Attached Files
                  Last edited by titaniumed; 02-25-2009, 02:43 AM.
                  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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                  • #10
                    Ed, I bow to your genius! Thank you for righting the picture, but now that I look at it, it appears to be backwards....the longer rod should be on the right, not the left. And yes, my pelvis was pretty even. Even though I tilted a bit to the left, I hid the big hip deformity pretty well with baggy tops.

                    Yes Linda, I have A/P rods: anterior rod is T10-L5, and the posterior rod is L2 to L5. It seems to me that surgeons nowadays are moving toward posterior approaches only and/or avoiding the huge anterior incisions you and I had.

                    Leah, my mobility was very much affected, but it's loosened up some in the last few months. I do have trouble reaching my feet and doing things like wiping up a spot on the floor or feeding the cat. My arms are very short, which doesn't help. I'm still improving month to month, though.

                    Thanks for all replies!
                    Chris
                    A/P fusion on June 19, 2007 at age 52; T10-L5
                    Pre-op thoracolumbar curve: 70 degrees
                    Post-op curve: 12 degrees
                    Dr. Boachie-adjei, HSS, New York

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                    • #11
                      Wow, Chris, Dr. Boachie sure did a beautiful job of fixing your spine. You should see my x-rays. They’re really frightening. When they were first presented to me as I lay moaning in my hospital bed, all I could think is "no wonder I feel like I’ve been run over by a bus."

                      Originally posted by Singer View Post
                      It seems to me that surgeons nowadays are moving toward posterior approaches only and/or avoiding the huge anterior incisions you and I had.
                      Maybe so, but I don’t think you would have gotten such a fabulous correction with posterior alone.

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                      • #12
                        With me, it was a freight train a mile long and hit with every axle. They tied me down. LOL I guess I was flipping out. They even tied down my right arm and my shoulder was broken. I was rough on the male nurses in ICU, not the female nurses, just the guys. You might say, they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. I was in combat mode, fighting for my life, and didnt realize this till my visitors told me I was being a little rough on the guys in ICU.

                        I went back down there at about 2 months later and apologised. I felt bad about it. They said that it happens.

                        Remember in the movie 'Frankenstein" when Igor says "Its alive", well it was kinda like that. LOL

                        Here is a pic of me in ICU
                        Attached Files
                        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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                        • #13
                          Are you serious? Were you really tied down? Love the pic of you in ICU. At least you had a smile on your face.

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                          • #14
                            Ed, you're a scream...!

                            I don't remember much about the ICU. As long as the Dilaudid was flowing, I was fine.....
                            Chris
                            A/P fusion on June 19, 2007 at age 52; T10-L5
                            Pre-op thoracolumbar curve: 70 degrees
                            Post-op curve: 12 degrees
                            Dr. Boachie-adjei, HSS, New York

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                            • #15
                              Chris-- thanks so much for sharing. Isn't it amazing what our doctors can do?!!! I find x-rays to be pretty fascinating-- my goodness, we all sure were curvy! I love looking at people's scoli x-rays-- especially before and after ones. I just added some digital to my signature (just got them at my appt. on the 12th-- I'm amazed by my reconstruction too, although maybe I'm not quite as straight as you are-- but I'm still really good. I have to keep telling myself not to email them to all my friends and family-- they would be bored, I'm sure. I just think that all of us who've been through this can't help but be in awe of the drastic changes made to our spines... We are pretty cool that way, don't you think? And the x-rays show it so plainly, in black and white (and a little floral coloring if held up to a window for the picture...)

                              I'm so glad to hear you are doing well. It may take us turtles longer, but we still keep getting better and stronger. Just wait another year or so and there's no telling what we'll be up to.

                              Ed-- you must have a virtual storehouse of funny clips and pics. Thanks for always providing entertainment to us! And how is being back to work going for you? Hopefully not too taxing...
                              71 and plugging along... but having some problems
                              2007 52° w/ severe lumbar stenosis & L2L3 lateral listhesis (side shift)
                              5/4/07 posterior fusion T2-L4 w/ laminectomies and osteotomies @L2L3, L3L4
                              Dr. Kim Hammerberg, Rush Univ. Medical Center in Chicago

                              Corrected to 15°
                              CMT (type 2) DX in 2014, progressing
                              10/2018 x-rays - spondylolisthesis at L4/L5 - Dr. DeWald is monitoring

                              Click to view my pics: pics of scoli x-rays digital x-rays, and pics of me

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