14 months post-op and a hello
Hello!
I have been meaning to check in with you all, it has been a long time. My year anniversary was a June 14th and I celebrated by going to a concert. Never would I have dreamed I could be dancing a year later! I feel very lucky and very relieved it is behind me. The anticipation, worry, sleepless nights were so hard. But nothing compared to the first 3 months of recovery. Hands down the hardest thing I think a person can endure! If you remember I had the vision mystery and did not see normally for the first 101 days. It was a scary time. It healed overnight and I feel like my back started to heal much quicker. So fast forward to now. We moved this summer and although I didn't lift heavy things, the unpacking was really hard. I don't have daily pain but I can have pain if I over-do it. My issue now is posture. I am finally going to physical therapy. By the end of the day I tend to lean forward.i find the weight of the bars is hard to keep up straight. I promise to keep you updated. My year check up went great. I do have a hook at the very top that slipped a bit so I have a bump, but it was there few weeks after surgery. It hurts if I lean on it so I stay off it. Not worth even a minor surgery to repair in my eyes! I'm done with surgeries hopefully forever! Good to see you all here! You have been awesome support!
Jana
Diagnosed with idiopathic scoliosis at age 11
Dr. Edgar Dawson of UCLA
Braced and "stopped" below 50 degrees
Age 25: 47 degrees, 48 degrees
Age 38 (3 babies later): 60 degrees, 63 degrees and 2.5 inches shorter
Age 41: 64 degrees, 70 degrees
Dr. Gregory Mundis Jr. of Scripps Hospital, La Jolla CA
June 2015-ALIF on L5-S1 for a slipped and degenerated disk
June 14, 2016-T4-L4 spinal fusion with instrumentation
Post-surgery: 16 degrees, 12 degrees and 2 inches taller