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Hopefully I did this right. Pretty amazing what surgeons can do!
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Jenn
37 y/o female
60 degree lumbar
45 degree thoracic
1st time anterior/posterior surgery May 8th and 10th 2006
T 5 to S 1
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You are looking so good! Pictures are pretty amazing testimonials, aren't they?!!! Best wishes for a relatively short recovery.
Susie
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
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Wow Summer! You look amazing!
Can I ask what led you to do the surgery? I think i have a similar curve and have been debating looking into surgery.Living life after a Milwaukee...
And still crooked as a jail bird...
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Congrats Jenn! You must be thrilled.Surgery March 3, 2009 at almost 58, now 63.
Dr. Askin, Brisbane, Australia
T4-Pelvis, Posterior only
Osteotomies and Laminectomies
Was 68 degrees, now 22 and pain freeComment
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Hi Jenn,
It is amazing, you looked so off balanced in the before and you look great now. You must be thrilled.
SallyDiagnosed with severe lumbar scoliosis at age 65.
Posterior Fusion L2-S1 on 12/4/2007. age 67
Anterior Fusion L3-L4,L4-L5,L5-S1 on 12/19/2007
Additional bone removed to decompress right side of L3-L4 & L4-L5 on 4/19/2010
New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA
Dr. Frank F. Rands735.photobucket.com/albums/ww360/butterflyfive/
"In God We Trust" Happy moments, praise God. Difficult moments, seek God. Quiet moments, worship God. Painful moments, trust God. Every moment, thank God.Comment
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Hi Chris,
You look absolutely gorgeous!!!!
Luv,
ShariLast edited by Shari; 08-27-2009, 10:16 PM.Comment
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Hi summer, You really had some transformation! Just looking at your before and after shows how the clothes we wore before won't fit anymore like we were speaking of in another thread. Hope you are feeling well also.Dolores A
June 4, 2009 Anterior L3 - S1
June 8, 2009 Posterior T4 - Pelvis
Mark Agulnick, MD FAAOS
NY Spine & Scoliosis CenterComment
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WOW Summer, you look fantastic...what a stunning result! who is your doctor..he should take a bow..& so should you, for having the courage to do it! congratulations...hope you feel fantastic!!
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wow, the difference is amazing. Your back looks great. Thanks for sharing45L/40T
Surgery 25/1/2010
Australia
Knowthyself
Scoliosis Corrected 25/1/2010 by Dr Angus Gray, Prince of Wales Private Hospital, Sydney. Fused T3-L4.Comment
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Hi Summer,
You look fantastic and these photos give me so much hope. Thx u for sharing.
Rzbud
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Wow!
I hope you are feeling as great as you look!May 2008 Fusion T4 - S1, Pre-op Curves T45, L70 (age 48). Unsuccessful surgery.
March 18, 2010 (age 50). Revision with L3 Osteotomy, Replacement of hardware T11 - S1 , addition of bilateral pelvic fixation. Correction of sagittal imbalance and kyphosis.
January 24, 2012 (age 52) Revision to repair pseudoarthrosis and 2 broken rods at L3/L4.Comment
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Wow
That's fantastic! What a success! Congratulations
I would love to show off my before and after pictures but I don't know how to post them! Can anyone explain it to me?
m i r a hm i r a h
24 years old
Pre-op Thoracic Curve 53 degrees (dextroconvex)
Pre-op Lumbar Curve: 33-37 degrees
Surgery: August 14, 2009
Posterior Spinal Fusion from T3-T11
Surgeon: David M. Montgomery, MD
William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak MI
Post-op Thoracic Curve: 16 degrees
Post-op Lumbar: "non-structural and will correct itself over time"Comment
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Summer, You look great! My fusion's a little longer than yours, but your pics look just like mine, hump on the left, big indent on the right. My afters aren't quite there yet, still have the steri-strips on and some scabbies. Like you, it's great to see symmetry and a waist again.
BTW, my youngest sweetest daughter is named Summer. Great name!
To attach a pic, use the paperclip icon in the post box, or click manage attachments furhter down the post page under additional options.Last edited by johnsonbunch; 08-28-2009, 12:20 PM.Sandy
Thoracic curve was 55 degrees, now 30
Lumbar curve was 68 degrees, now 26
Rib rotation was 17 degrees, now 0
Degenerated discs and sacral arthritic spurs, plus significant spondylosis
Fused 8/13/09 at age 43 from T-9 to pelvis with iliac screws anchoring hardware to the pelvis, plus osteomies by Drs. Anthony Moreno and Geoff Cronen, Tampa, FLComment
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Jen,
I didn't have the same type of curve that you did, but looks like you had the gangster lean like I did lol. Mine was definitely worse that what yours showed. I had a 50* lumbar curve with a 5 centimter shift to the left. Doesn't seem like a lot but man it certainly looked like more. I always tried to keep everything pulled together when around others but when by myself I would relax and it just amazed me that I could lean so much. Many people would say, you don't look like you have scoliosis that bad. I just knew how to hide it well I guess.....always leaned on one hip or put a foot up to rest on something if I could.
I was at a hockey game for my some 2 weeks ago and stood through 2 periods because I wasn't sure I could sit on bleachers for 2 long. I realized that I started to stand the old way. Guess my brain is still trying to learn my new stance. I can tell you though that I hurt so bad for the rest of the day from leaning wrong. won't do that again! Great pics, glad you had such success!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!!!!!Comment
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Wow! Your "after" shot looks fantastic. Congratulations. Hope you feel as good as you look.At age 56 my curves measured: 48/60/30 with lots of rotation and getting worse
Posterior fusion T5-L4 June 30, 2009
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