hi everyone. It me Kara here a update on my life. My back is doing fantastic. My family might have found a clue that caused my scoliosis and my other orthopedic problems. I have a possible diagnosis of Charcot Marie Tooth Disease. I’m having surgery on my right foot in 3 days. The foot and ankle surgeon I see said that my feet are consisted with a diagnosis Charcot Marie Tooth Disease.
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Kara
Will this be outpatient?
From what I am seeing, they have these foot surgeries dialed in now without fusion which is amazing.
Ed49 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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Good luck with your surgery Kara. Will there be physical therapy after?Sharon, mother of identical twin girls with scoliosis
No island of sanity.
Question: What do you call alternative medicine that works?
Answer: Medicine
"We are all African."
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I got home around 3 pm or 3:30 pm. My reconstructive foot surgery took 2.5 hours. They did 6 out of 7 procedures. They didn’t need to repair ligament in my ankle because that was a possible procedure. They did a first metatarsal Dorsiflexor osteotomy, Dwyer’s Calcaneal osteotomy, a Partial Plantar Fasciotomy, Peroneal longus to brevis tendon transfer, right gastrocnemius recession. Right next now I’m in a splint until I go back to get my first cast in two weeks then get it changed to another cast. I’m also suppose to follow up 1 week after my surgery. Right now I’m in a splint. I won’t be able to walk for 6 weeks. After 6 weeks I’ll be in a walk boot cast for 6 more weeks with Gradual weight-bearing with physical therapyKara
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Boston Brace 4.15.05 to 5.25.06
Posterior Spinal Fusion 3.10.10
T4-L2
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Thanks for checking in after surgery Kara. Wow that is a lot of procedures! Are you in any pain?
Hopefully you won't need any more surgery in your lifetime. You have had a lot.Sharon, mother of identical twin girls with scoliosis
No island of sanity.
Question: What do you call alternative medicine that works?
Answer: Medicine
"We are all African."
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Kara
I hope the pain is mellowing out some by now....
Ed49 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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Ed I’m actually not in pain.
Tomorrow I’ll be 2 weeks post-op from my reconstructive foot surgery. In four days I get this splint off and also my stitches removed and I get my first of two casts on.Kara
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Boston Brace 4.15.05 to 5.25.06
Posterior Spinal Fusion 3.10.10
T4-L2
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Kara, sounds great!
On a 0-10 pain scale, how would you rate this surgery? Zero would be no pain.
Remember, in the Olympics, they usually do not hand out perfect 10's. (smiley face)
Ed49 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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I get my splint off tomorrow and stitches removed. Then placed in a cast for 2 weeks, are two weeks in that cast I get another cast I also wear that one for 2 weeks as well.Kara
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Boston Brace 4.15.05 to 5.25.06
Posterior Spinal Fusion 3.10.10
T4-L2
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Good luck tomorrowT10-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
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