Holy moly, is this ever becoming real.
I am having surgery on Tuesday, Dec. 13 at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan with Dr. David Montgomery. Its a posterior suregery, and only my thoric region will be fused. (Yeah, no lumbar!) I did have the luxury of choosing between two hospitals and two surgeons, and chose Mongomery because of his ties with the SRS and recommendations from reps of DePuy. I consider Beaumont the top hospital in the area too, especially for orthopedic issues.
I now need to get hooked up with a hemotologist for clearance prior to surgery. I have a blood clotting disorder, so will be at a higher risk for getting a clot, so that has to be monitored through all of this, in addition to the normal risks.
I am also sorting through all the other stuff. Taking time off work, and arranging short term disability benefits, getting approval from insurance, trying to budget what my out of pocket costs will be, deferring student loan bills... (the list goes on and on!)
This weekend I'll be putting pictures of my back on my website. I just got the developed and it is really hard to see myself that way. I never even knew I had a rib hump to that extent until I saw it for myself in the picture...
Anyways, that is the news for now.
Santa's getting me some instrumentation! Boy, I must have been a good girl!
I am having surgery on Tuesday, Dec. 13 at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan with Dr. David Montgomery. Its a posterior suregery, and only my thoric region will be fused. (Yeah, no lumbar!) I did have the luxury of choosing between two hospitals and two surgeons, and chose Mongomery because of his ties with the SRS and recommendations from reps of DePuy. I consider Beaumont the top hospital in the area too, especially for orthopedic issues.
I now need to get hooked up with a hemotologist for clearance prior to surgery. I have a blood clotting disorder, so will be at a higher risk for getting a clot, so that has to be monitored through all of this, in addition to the normal risks.
I am also sorting through all the other stuff. Taking time off work, and arranging short term disability benefits, getting approval from insurance, trying to budget what my out of pocket costs will be, deferring student loan bills... (the list goes on and on!)
This weekend I'll be putting pictures of my back on my website. I just got the developed and it is really hard to see myself that way. I never even knew I had a rib hump to that extent until I saw it for myself in the picture...
Anyways, that is the news for now.
Santa's getting me some instrumentation! Boy, I must have been a good girl!
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