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  • #16
    Melissa, i am so sorry all this is happening to you...sorry isn't even a strong enough word!

    i am glad that you are in a rehab where will be people to help you and at least are not alone...
    i hope the therapies really help you function 100% again!

    jess

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    • #17
      Melissa-- praying that everything will be "up" for you from now on out. You've been through so much. It's time for a change in direction! Sending lots of gentle hugs! 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

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

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      • #18
        I am so, so, so very sorry that everything has gone so very miserably. I add my good wishes and prayers that the situation turns itself around, and you have a speedy and uneventful recovery.
        Fused T-3 to L-3, Aug 25
        Hardware removal surgery, Nov 2, 2010
        Fused T-10 to L-2, osteotomy, Feb 22, 2011

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        • #19
          Oh my gosh!!! You poor thing. I sure hope this is IT for you. You certainly deserve a break. I hope this time next year this will all be a bad memory, and you will be doing awesome. You are in our thoughts!!! Keep us posted, please. As well as you can, under the circumstances.
          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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          • #20
            Such a rough go for you and I hope it gets much better from here on in b/c it sure sounds as though you've been through enough already.
            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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            • #21
              Melissa--
              This seems so unfair. I'm so sorry about this. I hope they have things figured out so that you can start to heal. Best wishes and know there's a lot of people here for you. Janet
              Janet

              61 years old--57 for surgery

              Diagnosed in 1965 at age of 13--no brace
              Thoracic Curve: 96 degrees to 35 degrees
              Lumbar Curve: 63 degrees to 5 degrees
              Surgery with Dr. Lenke in St. Louis--March 30, 2009
              T-2 to Pelvis, and hopefully all posterior procedure.

              All was posterior along with 2 cages and 6 osteotomies.

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              • #22
                Melissa,
                You will be in my thoughts and prayers. You are well overdue for success.
                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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                • #23
                  I'm so very sorry to hear this news. I've been coming here daily to see if there're any posts from you, feeling more and more uneasy. This has all been so unfair. As others say, you're overdue for some really good luck, and I hope this is forthcoming in the very near future. Sounds like you're on the up and up now, and I hope this surgery helps you overcome the terrible pain you've been in for so long.

                  Good luck with the remainder of your recovery, Melissa!
                  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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                  • #24
                    So sorry! Hope all goes well in rehab.
                    I went after my initial surgery for pretty much all the same complications. It was the best thing I could have done. In fact when you go home (if insurance covers) get some @ home also. They have a differant perspective and it really helped me alot. Good luck!
                    Donna
                    51 yo
                    dx 13 never braced
                    DJD and osteoporosis ,Fx ribs 10/09(from osteo) downhill since,vertebral slippage w/ nerve damage and rotation
                    Surgery 08/09/10 T1-S1 decomp,fusion w/ instrumentaion
                    Sacral/pelvic fixation + 4 osteotomies and dura repair
                    C 20 degrees to 4 degrees
                    T 57 degrees to 15 degrees
                    L 38 degrees to 5 degrees

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                    • #25
                      Oh my goodness Melissa, so sorry to hear of your latest complications. I hope that you are feeling so much better soon.
                      Laurie
                      Age 57
                      Posterior fusion w/thoracoplasty T2-L3 Oct 1, 2010
                      Thoracic curve corrected from 61* to 16*
                      Lumbar curve, unknown measurement
                      Disfiguring back hump GONE!!
                      Dr Munish Gupta
                      UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA

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                      • #26
                        Melissa, I am so sorry to hear this news. I hope things improve for you quickly. You will be in my prayers.
                        __________________________________________
                        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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                        • #27
                          Melissa, I am so sorry to hear that you have been through so much. I just wanted to let you know that I had 3 vertebrae fused in my neck prior to my scoliosis surgery. My neck is now pain free and I no longer have to take medication to relieve the neck pain. I wish you a similar result after you work through your complications. Take care.
                          Chris, Austin, TX
                          age:58
                          80 degree thoracic/36 degree lumbar curves
                          Surgery 8/2/10, Anterior Cervical Decompression/Fusion
                          C4/5, C5/6, C6/7
                          New Surgery date 10/25/2010, T-2 to Pelvis, posterior
                          Dr. Matthew Geck, Seton Spine and Scoliosis Center

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                          • #28
                            Hello everyone . Thanks for the good wishes . I am being discharged tomorrow. It will be nice to be home . My cats miss me. While I was at the hospital, one of our pet goats had to be put down.It will be odd to walk into their pen and see only two goats . I will going home using a walker which I didn't want to do. I have excerises to do that should strengthen my left hand. I am angry that I cannot do what I want to do. But there is no point on dwelling on things that I cannot control. Thanks for listening and thanks for caring.

                            Melissa

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                            • #29
                              Melissa, I am so glad you are home!!! It sure is a wonderful feeling to walk in your own entry door and into your own bedroom. I hope you do better and better, with you being home now. I sure feel I progressed leaps and bounds once I got home. And my kitty missed me too! She won't leave my side and has purred for days. I am sorry about your goat. We had a goat named Toro (he was our lawnmower!) and he had to be put down, too, due to some genetic disease he had. Darn critters just wrap themselves around your heart, don't they? Anyway, WELCOME HOME!
                              Last edited by jeneemohler; 01-26-2011, 10:36 PM. Reason: grammer
                              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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                              • #30
                                so glad that you will be going home...
                                i hope you can get PT/OT services at home...

                                thoughts and prayers, Melissa...until you are better...
                                and one day at a time...

                                hugs and woofs...and a meow...
                                jess

                                http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/...phaomegaPC.jpg

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