I am scheduled for surgery
August 17th. 53 yrs. old and this is a scoliosis revision. Living in lots of pain/ on meds, and need to get through the next 8 plus weeks and not chicken out of surgery. Sceduled with Boachie at HSS in Manhattan. I will need 3 Osteotomies, 13 Fusions, and removal of old hardware, Laminectomies, new hardware and cages put in, have severe stenosis, etc. This has me terrified. My first scoliosis surgery was over 35 years ago and this is so much different. scared!!!!!!!!!!
If you are near or over 50 and have gone through this please give me a few tips as to perpare for it...how to get through it both before and after, and what exactly to expect
thank you
Best regards
Cindi
August 17th. 53 yrs. old and this is a scoliosis revision. Living in lots of pain/ on meds, and need to get through the next 8 plus weeks and not chicken out of surgery. Sceduled with Boachie at HSS in Manhattan. I will need 3 Osteotomies, 13 Fusions, and removal of old hardware, Laminectomies, new hardware and cages put in, have severe stenosis, etc. This has me terrified. My first scoliosis surgery was over 35 years ago and this is so much different. scared!!!!!!!!!!
If you are near or over 50 and have gone through this please give me a few tips as to perpare for it...how to get through it both before and after, and what exactly to expect
thank you
Best regards
Cindi
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