and a lot has happened since then! first and foremost, i don't have internet access at home anymore, so i lost touch with this
forum.
i had the big scoliosis surgery on january 15, 2009.
i was packed up and ready to go home on my 7th day in the hospital, but then a chest x-ray showed fluid in my lungs, so i got a wonderful chest tube inserted and got to stay 4 more days!
anyways, the surgery was done by alexis shelokov at the baylor medical center in plano, texas. i had wonderful nurses and physical therapists and x-ray techs and all of that.
one day, when i have access to a computer (i am typing this from my phone) i will write more about the whole experience.
just mainly wanted to let everyone know that i had the surgery, it was the hardest but BEST thing i have ever done. i sleep better, breathe better, look better in my clothes, my dreaded rib hump was almost completely removed, i now have an aligned back!! yay!
the main pain i deal with now is from where they did the thorocoplasty to remove the rib hump. 4 of my ribs were resectioned, and so when i inhale deeply or sneeze or cough, it hurts and so i try to be careful there.
i would do it over again if i had to, and i sometimes think its so surreal that i went through with it. but i look at my before and after x-rays and just look in awe at what amazing things the doctors can do now.
the scoliosis pain was immediately gone, and now i have a different kind of pain...just if i overdo myself, and then my trusty heating pad gets me through those rough times
my back and incision site is still tender, some places are still numb and i flinch anytime someone goes to hug me lol..i am told that this will pass.
well, i am going to go to bed now, and i will be back soon..thanks for reading!
forum.
i had the big scoliosis surgery on january 15, 2009.
i was packed up and ready to go home on my 7th day in the hospital, but then a chest x-ray showed fluid in my lungs, so i got a wonderful chest tube inserted and got to stay 4 more days!
anyways, the surgery was done by alexis shelokov at the baylor medical center in plano, texas. i had wonderful nurses and physical therapists and x-ray techs and all of that.
one day, when i have access to a computer (i am typing this from my phone) i will write more about the whole experience.
just mainly wanted to let everyone know that i had the surgery, it was the hardest but BEST thing i have ever done. i sleep better, breathe better, look better in my clothes, my dreaded rib hump was almost completely removed, i now have an aligned back!! yay!
the main pain i deal with now is from where they did the thorocoplasty to remove the rib hump. 4 of my ribs were resectioned, and so when i inhale deeply or sneeze or cough, it hurts and so i try to be careful there.
i would do it over again if i had to, and i sometimes think its so surreal that i went through with it. but i look at my before and after x-rays and just look in awe at what amazing things the doctors can do now.
the scoliosis pain was immediately gone, and now i have a different kind of pain...just if i overdo myself, and then my trusty heating pad gets me through those rough times
my back and incision site is still tender, some places are still numb and i flinch anytime someone goes to hug me lol..i am told that this will pass.
well, i am going to go to bed now, and i will be back soon..thanks for reading!
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