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  • #31
    I am doing really well today. I took a few steps with a cane . Just a short distance as I was very tired from it

    I am leaving rehab a week from tomorrow


    Melissa
    Melissa

    Fused from C2 - sacrum 7/2011

    April 21, 2020- another broken rod surgery

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    • #32
      So glad you are doing better and no roommate! In rehab I had a nice older lady so it was OK. Otherwise, it would be awful when you feel like that. Glad they are keeping you there for another week. That will help tremendously. 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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      • #33
        Nice to hear you sounding much better. I hope you have been able to catch up on some sleep. Great that you are walking! Keep up the good work and never take you eye off that light at the end of the tunnel, where a new life awaits.
        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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        • #34
          Thank you everyone for your good wishes

          Melissa
          Melissa

          Fused from C2 - sacrum 7/2011

          April 21, 2020- another broken rod surgery

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          • #35
            You are sounding so much better each day. And thank goodness you lost the nasty roommate. Talk about adding more stress to your situation! And you're using a cane already? Wow, I was using a walker for the entire 3 weeks that I was in the hospital. Hang in there, Melissa!
            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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            • #36
              God, I'm having flashbacks about the crummy roommate. I feel for ya! I had a hospital employee with a broken leg (boo hoo to you, lady) who was so dramatic I wanted to throw a tray at her face. Plus she had men visiting until god knows what time of night - they were coworkers of hers so I was ambling past strange men, alone, to get into the bathroom.

              I hope you get home very very soon and that the pain starts to ease. It's like visiting the mouth of Hades and bathing in the River Styx for a month, between the pain and the forgetting (I lost nearly a month due to oxy).

              bright blessings, kiddo.
              Female, age 38
              4 years of bracing, concluded at 42*upper/38*lower
              currently 64*upper/40*lower
              Fused T3-L4 on Feb 23 2011
              now 32*upper/18* lower

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              • #37
                I hope you put a smile on Melissa's face Lily. You did mine.
                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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                • #38
                  Originally posted by JenniferG View Post
                  I hope you put a smile on Melissa's face Lily. You did mine.
                  You, madam, are a cheap date. :P
                  Female, age 38
                  4 years of bracing, concluded at 42*upper/38*lower
                  currently 64*upper/40*lower
                  Fused T3-L4 on Feb 23 2011
                  now 32*upper/18* lower

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                  • #39
                    Lily--
                    Ha-- Now I'm smiling too! 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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                    • #40
                      Originally posted by mabeckoff View Post
                      I am doing really well today. I took a few steps with a cane . Just a short distance as I was very tired from it

                      I am leaving rehab a week from tomorrow


                      Melissa
                      Yeah Melissa! I am so happy for you. Keep up the good work.
                      __________________________________________
                      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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                      • #41
                        When I have nights like the past two and do not feel the best, all I have to do is reread my posts and see how far I have come in such a short time

                        Melissa
                        Melissa

                        Fused from C2 - sacrum 7/2011

                        April 21, 2020- another broken rod surgery

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                        • #42
                          It's 2 steps forward, one back in the early weeks. Try not to be discouraged. And on good days, try not to overdo it. After your huge surgery, you're doing great 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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                          • #43
                            Melissa,
                            I think you are doing extremely well for all that you have been through. I can't imagine going to church so soon after surgery as I'm still not comfortable where the pew back hits my shoulder blade area. I know you're having trouble sleeping, but that will pass. It just seems so much better for you this time. What a difference the surgeon makes! Keep focusing on that light at the end of the tunnel that Ed refers to often.
                            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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                            • #44
                              Thanks Karen and Jennifer for your good wishes. I know that it is back and forth with recovery. It is just that I am so afraid of what happened last time happening again. Last year I was feeling so good until maybe 3/4 months post opp and then I started feeling crummy. I know that I have a much better surgeon this time and that makes so much difference. I just keep looking ahead

                              Melissa
                              Melissa

                              Fused from C2 - sacrum 7/2011

                              April 21, 2020- another broken rod surgery

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                              • #45
                                How are you feeling Melissa? You have been in my thoughts.
                                __________________________________________
                                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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