hello all,
my name is barbara. i am 35. i had harrington rod and fusion back in 1982 in boston.
i did fine for long time, married and had 3 children no problem.
now i have noticed in the past maybe year that i have slowed way down. i tripped coming up the stairs and had excruciating pain in my back. i went and saw a local ortho. here in missouri thinking i just had a muscle spasm or something. i was completely blindsided when he showed me my x-rays and started telling me all about my back!
he said i had flatback, severe osteoarthritis, my spine crankshafted above the fusion, my rod is broken and summed it all up by saying i needed a total spinal reconstruction. wow so much for a muscle spasm!
so now i am going up to st.louis to see dr. lenke on june 27th. i have heard a lot of good about him and have been very impressed by his website.
but wow i think i'm still in shock. was anyone else out there as blissfully ignorant as i was? love to hear from anyone who has similiar revision surgery.
thaks for reading.....barb
my name is barbara. i am 35. i had harrington rod and fusion back in 1982 in boston.
i did fine for long time, married and had 3 children no problem.
now i have noticed in the past maybe year that i have slowed way down. i tripped coming up the stairs and had excruciating pain in my back. i went and saw a local ortho. here in missouri thinking i just had a muscle spasm or something. i was completely blindsided when he showed me my x-rays and started telling me all about my back!
he said i had flatback, severe osteoarthritis, my spine crankshafted above the fusion, my rod is broken and summed it all up by saying i needed a total spinal reconstruction. wow so much for a muscle spasm!
so now i am going up to st.louis to see dr. lenke on june 27th. i have heard a lot of good about him and have been very impressed by his website.
but wow i think i'm still in shock. was anyone else out there as blissfully ignorant as i was? love to hear from anyone who has similiar revision surgery.
thaks for reading.....barb
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