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  • #16
    Good luck Melissa!! I'll be thinking of you.
    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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    • #17
      Thanks everyone for your good wishes. Less than 24 hours..can't wait

      Melissa
      Melissa

      Fused from C2 - sacrum 7/2011

      April 21, 2020- another broken rod surgery

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      • #18
        Oh, Melissa, I am so excited for you. You sound like you've got the right attitude to do so well. You GO GIRL!! Prayers and positive thoughts all day Monday for you. Janet

        Also I think I talked to the anesthesiologist about some of the phrases from the Huddleston book. I wrote them down and gave it to her. I was not pushy about it at all. Just said if it was possible. She seemed OK with it. Wouldn't have a clue if she did or not. It was just sort of comforting along with other thoughts for you to remember as you go in.
        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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        • #19
          Less than 12 hours to go ! Can't wait

          melissa
          Melissa

          Fused from C2 - sacrum 7/2011

          April 21, 2020- another broken rod surgery

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          • #20
            It is now 11:41 pm CA time and I have nothing to do until 3am when we leave. I wish I could leave now

            Melissa
            Melissa

            Fused from C2 - sacrum 7/2011

            April 21, 2020- another broken rod surgery

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            • #21
              The ball's rolling!!!

              I'll be thinking of you today, and sending up little prayers that everything goes well in the OR, every step of the way!

              We look forward to your 1st post from the other side!!!!!
              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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              • #22
                Same here Melissa

                Post when you can
                Ed
                49 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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                • #23
                  Wishing you the very best and hoping that you will finally be on the way to good health. I don't always surf this part of the forum so I had lost track of how you were doing. Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.


                  Anne in PA
                  Age 58
                  Diagnosed at age 14, untreated, no problem until age 50
                  T4 to sacrum fusion
                  63 thoracic now 35, 92 lumbar now 53
                  Dr. Baron Lonner, 2/2/10
                  Am pain-free, balanced, happy & an inch taller !

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                  • #24
                    I hope all went well!!! Good luck with your recovery.
                    daughter, 12, diagnosed 8/07 with 19T/13L
                    -Braced in spinecor 10/07 - 8/12 with excellent in brace correction and stable/slightly decreased out of brace curves.
                    -Introduced Providence brace as adjunct at night in 11/2011 in anticipation of growth spurt. Curves still stable.
                    -Currently in Boston Brace. Growth spurt is here and curves (and rotation) have increased to 23T/17L

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                    • #25
                      Thinking of you Melissa. (So happy you were feeling good about it just prior - it will help, I am sure!)
                      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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