Amazing difference Singer. How has it been since the surgery?
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Son 14 y/o diagnosed January 20th. 2011 with 110* Curve
Halo Traction & 1st. surgery on March 22nd. 2011
Spinal Fusion on April 19th. 2011
Dr. Krajbich @ Shriners Childrens Hospital, Portland Oregon
http://tinyurl.com/Elias-Before
http://tinyurl.com/Elias-After
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Its funny how some of the older forum members just sit back and laugh when Ed posts his Frankenstein after photo and no one responds.....I will keep it on my desktop forever, for future use. Yes, that’s Igor in the photo.LOL I know Juno will appreciate the photo since we have been the only ones here that had to be restrained for being bad. (line pullers) I thought I was the only one.
Peach
Glad those twisty photos helped. It shows how much twisting mobility we have when the whole spine is fused. I never expected that outcome, neither did my doctor!
Chris
I never saw your pre x-ray. What kind of pre pain where you in? It looks painful.
I wonder if on anterior’s if the side cut is worse than the front incision? I don’t know if I would have enjoyed that too much. At least I could sleep on both sides.
Ed49 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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Elisa, it's been three and a half years since the big event.
And Ed, for the record, I laughed at your Frankenstein pic! However, I resent being called one of the "older" forum members...LOL
My curve increased dramatically after I turned 50 and was very painful at times. I used to get very sharp aches at the apex of the curve, where the rotation started, around T10.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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Elisa, I read your question wrong. You asked how it's been, not how long it's been....I'm doing fine now, but it was a challenging recovery. I continued to improve for three years afterwards.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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Originally posted by Pooka1 View PostIf you want to see a truly amazing before/after, I suggest the link in this woman's signature file to her daughter's radiograghs...
http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/member.php?u=4135
Click the "About me" tab for the signature. It's Lenke's work of course.
Good luck.
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My befores and afters are in my signature. I've just added my before and after x-rays.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 free
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Originally posted by titaniumed View PostIts funny how some of the older forum members just sit back and laugh when Ed posts his Frankenstein after photo and no one responds.....Sharon, mother of identical twin girls with scoliosis
No island of sanity.
Question: What do you call alternative medicine that works?
Answer: Medicine
"We are all African."
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Hey ~
I'm not sure if you've seen my pics yet - they're in my signature. I should replace the New Spine ones (taken right after surgery in 2009) with the digital x-rays taken in July this year since they're how I look now. In these x-rays on my signature it's plain to see just how bloated and swollen I was, literally looked 7 months pregnant! I'm happy to report that bloating ALL went away and then some - I now have the body I always wished I had!
Good luck with your decision ~Julie - 51 yrs old
Dx'd 1973 - 43* thoracic curve / rotation
Wore Milwaukee brace 1973 - 1979
Pre-surgery: 63* thoracic / 52* lumbar curves
Surgeries: P - March 16, 2009 - Fused T3-S2 with pelvic fixation
A -April 14, 2009 - Fused L5-S1
Achieved +70% Correction
Dr. Khaled Kebaish, (and team) Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
Standing x-ray
New Spine 03/19/2009
New Spine Lateral 03/19/2009
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I don't have copies of my x-rays yet, but I do have before/after photos of my back. My angles weren't very extreme, but had managed to do a lot of damage to my lumbar spine over the years, so the doctor and I decided it was best to fix both the lumbar and thoracolumbar curves.
The after photo is two weeks post op. It's reversed, since I took it myself over my shoulder as reflected in a wall mirror, by looking at my camera display in a hand mirror. Not as hard as I though it would be! Don't have an "after bending" photo yet ... can't bend!Juliet, age 57
37˚ lumbar and 35˚ thoracic with rotation
Diagnosed at age 11 and untreated.
Total degeneration of disc at L4-5, spondylolisthesis at L4, L5 sacralized.
Surgery on 10/26/10
Dr. Matthew Geck, Seton Spine & Scoliosis, Center, Austin, TX.
University Medical Center @ Brackenridge Hospital.
Posterior fusion of T11-S1, part minimally invasive; TLIF at L4-5.
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Thanks for the laugh, Ed. You are a nut!
BTW, everyone-how did everyone get the photos to post? Does the doc email or copy on a disk for you? I asked for a copy of my last xray, but it is really grainy and washed out. Just a print that looks like a copy machine did it. I assume we have the right to request them, because it is our own bodies? In the far past, the docs didn't want to give them to us because of chance of future lawsuits...Jenee'-52
Bend, Oregon
Braced 3 years in high school
Lumbar 70'+ Thoracic 70'+
I had 3" shrinkage in 6 months...
Surgery Jan 10, 2011
9 hours
T3 to S1 with pelvic fixation
Both curves now 35'
Possible revison for Flatback Syndrome
Non-fusion
Loose/broken hardware-awaiting CT results
Here is the link to my before and after pics..
http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/showt......&highlight=
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Jenee
Just trying to have as much fun as possible....I’ve had members compliment my looks in that photo, and they didn’t realize it was Frankenstein. I was wondering if that would happen again? We have had some great comedy here in the past, for sure. Sometimes its needed......
Since I have had doctors retire on me, and my data thrown in the trash, I have been diligent about my records. Especially CT’s since they are not the best things to have done on a regular basis due to radiation levels. Burned to disc is best, digital. I also have my CTs burned, just request. You can also just hang an x-ray in a window, take a pic, and download off your camera.
Hospital reports can be modified if the records dept suspects a lawsuit. When requesting, it helps to explain why you want them, jumping up and down will be of some benefit in this matter, especially after scoliosis surgery. Remember to smile....
Ed49 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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Seing the before and after pictures sure gets me thinking about the positives of the surgery. Thanks!Karen
Surgery-Jan. 5, 2011-Dr. Lenke
Fusion T-4-sacrum-2 cages/5 osteotomies
70 degree thoracolumbar corrected to 25
Rib Hump-GONE!
Age-60 at the time of surgery
Now 66
Avid Golfer & Tap Dancer
Retired Kdgn. Teacher
See photobucket link for:
Video of my 1st Day of Golf Post-Op-3/02/12-Bradenton, FL
Before and After Picture of back 1/7/11
tap dancing picture at 10 mos. post op 11/11/11-I'm the one on the right.
http://s1119.photobucket.com/albums/k630/pottoff2/
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BadKitty, I sure hope I have that long, lovely back like you do, after my own surgery. You look awesome. I am so jealous... I have that lanky build with a compressed torso. Soon....Jenee'-52
Bend, Oregon
Braced 3 years in high school
Lumbar 70'+ Thoracic 70'+
I had 3" shrinkage in 6 months...
Surgery Jan 10, 2011
9 hours
T3 to S1 with pelvic fixation
Both curves now 35'
Possible revison for Flatback Syndrome
Non-fusion
Loose/broken hardware-awaiting CT results
Here is the link to my before and after pics..
http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/showt......&highlight=
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