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Ok I have a few requests to see what the hardware looks like when it is still attached to the spine. My wife shot this picture when they were takeing out the rods from L1-L5. I wanted a picture of my last one with my back opened up from my butt to my neck. She (my wife) wouldn't do that one. Oh well it will be in a medical journal mag. my spine doctor is doing.http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...Dscf0577-1.jpg
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March 23, 2006 Anterior/posterior Ileum-T2
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Dr. Tom Lowe R.I.P. -
HOLY S**T !!!!!
With the warning and everything, it was just too intriguing not to peek at. Oh. My. God. Your wife must be one tough cookie....
Best of luck to you,
ChrisChris
A/P fusion on June 19, 2007 at age 52; T10-L5
Pre-op thoracolumbar curve: 70 degrees
Post-op curve: 12 degrees
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My WIFE is tough. Man I'm the one that got wacked. Just kidden. Yep she is one of a kind. We have been married 37 years. We had to stay married that long because neither one of us wanted custody of the kids. LOL Ok I'm done.Originally posted by SingerHOLY S**T !!!!!
With the warning and everything, it was just too intriguing not to peek at. Oh. My. God. Your wife must be one tough cookie....
Best of luck to you,
ChrisMarch 23, 2006 Anterior/posterior Ileum-T2
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That is an awesome pic. Thank you for posting it.36 year old single mom of teens ages 14 & 15.
Anterior/posterior spinal fusion on February 9th & 16th 2006 with Dr. Anthony Moreno who now has his own practice.
Fused from T-3 to S-1 (sacrum)
Curve pre-op = 70 degrees
Curve post op = 20 degrees
No pain anymore!!
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Wow....
Now that gives a visual to all of my thoughts. That is neat! Did your wife actually take that pic or the doctor or a nurse? IM going to see if my dr will do that so i can make everyone cringe and then they can have a feeling what we go through! hahahaSarah 25 yrs old- Married with three english bulldogs
1995-Surgery for scoliosis fused T3-L3.
2000-Surgery for Rod breaking, relaced rod and took out upper rods.
March 2005-Surgery for removal of all rods.
August 2005-Fusion of T10-T11 due to crack in fusion, Rods put back in.
August 2006- Surgery for fusion from L4 to sacrum.Comment
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Awesome closeup photo - I have a couple of pics taken during my son's surgery, not as close-up but still pretty good. In one of the photos you can actually see some of the curve of the spine. I haven't been able to post them due to scanner problems (it won't install for some reason). I will post them if I can ever figure out how.
How was you wife able to take the photo? During my son's surgery, they wouldn't allow anyone in the O.R. and when I asked if photos could be taken during surgery they said fine, bring an instant camera in an unopened package, a nurse took the photos.
Renee
p.s. Have to wonder what the fork was used for
Last edited by flowerpower; 06-11-2006, 10:19 AM.Comment
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They had my wife scrub up and put on all the gowns and mask and so on. She was able to use our digital camera. It was put in some kind of bag and the lense was out only for the 5 or 6 pictures she took. She was run out after that, like she wanted to stay for the whole show. lolOriginally posted by flowerpowerAwesome closeup photo - I have a couple of pics taken during my son's surgery, not as close-up but still pretty good. In one of the photos you can actually see some of the curve of the spine. I haven't been able to post them due to scanner problems (it won't install for some reason). I will post them if I can ever figure out how.
How was you wife able to take the photo? During my son's surgery, they wouldn't allow anyone in the O.R. and when I asked if photos could be taken during surgery they said fine, bring an instant camera in an unopened package, a nurse took the photos.
Renee
p.s. Have to wonder what the fork was used for
Oh I have no clue what the fork was used for.March 23, 2006 Anterior/posterior Ileum-T2
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I resisted, and I still will. I don't mind to watch any operation, and see blood but the spine is something else for me, ever since I saw the scoliosis surgery performed twice on a teenage girl and then on a little boy. That's one tough wife for sure, everybody I know doesn't even want to see the sight of blood or watch those scoliosis surgery when I called them and asked to tune in.Originally posted by SingerHOLY S**T !!!!!
With the warning and everything, it was just too intriguing not to peek at. Oh. My. God. Your wife must be one tough cookie....
Best of luck to you,
Chris35 y/old female from Montreal, Canada
Diagnosed with scoliosis(double major) at age 12, wore Boston brace 4 years at least 23 hours a day-curve progressed
Surgery age 26 for 60 degree curve in Oct. 1997 by Dr.Max Aebi-fused T5 to L2
Surgery age 28 for a hook removal in Feb. 1999 by Dr.Max Aebi-pain free for 5 years
Surgery age 34 in Dec.2005 for broken rod replacement, bigger screws and crosslinks added and pseudarthrosis(non union) by Dr. Jean OuelletComment
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Fair enough. Although there is no blood. You can see the muscle and the hardware with the skin retracted back, but no blood.Originally posted by sweetness514
JessMarch 23, 2006 Anterior/posterior Ileum-T2
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Great Photo. I didn't know they would allow such a thing. Every hospital is different, so they may not have allowed it anyway. If I had thought I would have asked. I would have had to ask a nurse to take them because no way my husband would do it. He probably would have fainted.
But it is a great photo. You had all your hardware removed? Are you still ok? No curvature problems now?
MattieComment
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Removing it just started the problem. The doctor took it out after only 6 months of putting it in. I was fine for about 4 or 5 months and then all hell broke loose. I couldn't straighten up and was haveing problems walking. In just 4 months I grew one hell of a hump. I ended up with another spine specialist and after xrays, my spine had broken in 5 places. That is when I was fused from my butt to my neck. They cut 4 wedges out of the broken area and re wedged it from the other side to pull me back straight. I have rods from one end to the other but L1-L5 area has a cage around the spine. That is why I asked the question if you all thought I should sue the first doctor for removeing the hardware in only6 months. This has opened a big can of woop ass on me that I will live the rest of my life.Originally posted by mattieMarch 23, 2006 Anterior/posterior Ileum-T2
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OMG! that is the coolest thing I've ever seen in my life! thanks for posting that!~Leelee ♪
[-] 17 years old
_[-] 12th grade
[-] scoliosis, 45T and 42 L
_[-] kyphosis, 67*
[-] Boston brace for 4 years
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Why was the hardware removed after only 6 months?? That seems like an awfully short time....were you having any problems? If not, why remove it at all?
ReneeComment
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I looked at it, not nearly as bad as the whole spine I saw in those scoliosis surgeries on TV. Hubby watched the pic as well, and put it in his favorite
He now says he will show to his buddies, some are whimps, LOL. I used to tell him that it would have been cool if he could have been in the OR with me and I will ask my ortho next time I see him what he thinks of that, but I'm sure he's going to think it's nuts, even if I don't. Different type of healthcare here.
35 y/old female from Montreal, Canada
Diagnosed with scoliosis(double major) at age 12, wore Boston brace 4 years at least 23 hours a day-curve progressed
Surgery age 26 for 60 degree curve in Oct. 1997 by Dr.Max Aebi-fused T5 to L2
Surgery age 28 for a hook removal in Feb. 1999 by Dr.Max Aebi-pain free for 5 years
Surgery age 34 in Dec.2005 for broken rod replacement, bigger screws and crosslinks added and pseudarthrosis(non union) by Dr. Jean OuelletComment
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Shortly after the surgery I started dumping weight, I mean real fast. I went from 185 lbs to 120 lbs in 4 months. I had every test taken that there is to take and no one could figure out what was going on. One of the doctors out of desperation set me up with a gastroligest. After they did the un comfey deed they found it. I have Celiac Disease. That means I am allergic to wheat. It had destroyed my intestion and I wasn't takeing in any nourishment. I had lost so much the screw heads were comming threw the left side muscle in my back. Talk about hurt like a bitch. That is when the back surgeon decided it would be ok to take out the hardware. Wrong.Originally posted by flowerpowerMarch 23, 2006 Anterior/posterior Ileum-T2
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