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Best wishes for a successful surgery Kara and of course, a nice, smooth recovery!
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
Good luck with your foot surgery. I'm glad it's finally going to get fixed so you can get on to the road to recovery.
Are you looking forward to Thanksgiving? Any plans?
Take care,
Gayle
Gayle, age 50
Oct 2010 fusion T8-sacrum w/ pelvic fixation
Feb 2012 lumbar revision for broken rods @ L2-3-4
Sept 2015 major lumbar A/P revision for broken rods @ L5-S1
mom of Leah, 15 y/o, Diagnosed '08 with 26* T JIS (age 6)
2010 VBS Dr Luhmann Shriners St Louis
2017 curves stable/skeletely mature
hi Kara
wishing you the best of luck with your foot surgery coming
up.....i will keep you in my thoughts and prayers....and keep
my fingers crossed, too, for good measure...
Thinking of you as you head in to foot surgery tomorrow. You are going to do great!
Gayle, age 50
Oct 2010 fusion T8-sacrum w/ pelvic fixation
Feb 2012 lumbar revision for broken rods @ L2-3-4
Sept 2015 major lumbar A/P revision for broken rods @ L5-S1
mom of Leah, 15 y/o, Diagnosed '08 with 26* T JIS (age 6)
2010 VBS Dr Luhmann Shriners St Louis
2017 curves stable/skeletely mature
Kara sending you healing messages for your foot surgery. This will be a "piece of cake" for you since you did so well with your back surgery. Remember that you are a very strong woman. Take some deep breaths and think about that and all of the people here that believe in you and support you!
Susan
Adult Onset Degen Scoliosis @65, 25* T & 36* L w/ 11.2 cm coronal balance; T kyphosis 90*; Sev disc degen T & L stenosis
2013: T3- S1 Fusion w/ ALIF L4-S1/XLIF L2-4, PSF T4-S1 2 surgeries
2014: Hernia @ ALIF repaired; Emergency screw removal SCI T4,5 sec to PJK
2015: Rev Broken Bil T & L rods and no fusion: 2 revision surgeries; hardware P. Acnes infection
2016: Ant/Lat Lumbar diskectomy w/ 4 cages + BMP + harvested bone
2018: Removal L4,5 screw
2021: Removal T1 screw & rod
With the foot pains you have been in, you must be good and ready to get this done....
Try not to worry too much....these surgeons are pretty good these days...
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
T10-pelvis fusion 12/08
C5,6,7 fusion 9/10
T2--T10 fusion 2/11
C 4-5 fusion 11/14
Right scapulectomy 6/15
Right pectoralis major muscle transfer to scapula
To replace the action of Serratus Anterior muscle 3/16
Broken neck 9/28/2018
Emergency surgery posterior fusion C4- T3
Repeated 11/2018 because rods pulled apart added T2 fusion
Removal of partial right thoracic hardware 1/2020
Removal and replacement of C4-T10 hardware with C7 and T 1
Osteotomy
hey everyone I'm 2 days post-op from my foot surgery. I have a report I want to share from yesterday. My mom and I got to the hospital at 8:05. I checked in at the outpatient surgery center. I then went to the to the outpatient lab to get my lab work done. Then we went back to the out patient surgery center my nurse called me back. me and my mom follower her to my room. I put on my gown. I put my clothes in to my hospital bag. had my vitals taken a few times before my surgery. I meet with the sleepy doctor, my OR nurses and my surgeon. After that they tried to get my IV line started. finally they got it in the side of my wrist. they put on a leg compress on my good leg, washed my foot. then my doctor put his initials on my right foot it kind of tickled. after that my sleepy Dr and my OR Nurse came to take me to the OR. my surgery last for 1 1/2 hours. they covered my foot in a ace bandage with some gauze. I was in the PACU until my surgeon let me go home. I'm doing good not really hurting it just feels strange. I'm in a wheel chair for 3 months. I'm using a good family friend wheel chair until I get mine on Friday.
Kara
25
Brace 4-15-05-5-25-06
Posterior Spinal Fusion 3-10-10
T4-L2
Before 50T
After 20T
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