Just wanted you all to know that I am scheduled for early Monday morning, Sept 10, '07, at Baylor Downtown (Dallas). This will be my 4th surgery (everything after the first is called "revision"). I have Dr. Robert Viere as my surgeon, having previously used Alex Shelokov. I'm in the Dallas area, so new doctor, new hospital, new procedure maybe. The Disclosure shows a "Takedown of L2-3, Exploration of T6-7, T7-8, T10-11 (I guess little old T12 is left out there all alone), a Revision Instrumentation and Fusion, Partial Removal of Previous Instrumentation, Iliac Bone Graft". What brought me to this place was bending over more and more, and Xrays showed both rods broken in the lumbar area. The reason for the exploration is becaUse the radiologist who studied the MRI's thinks more areas are not fused; the doctor disagrees, but he is obligated to explore those other areas. I just turned age 65 during the first week of August, but checked out perfect on my pre-op. I asked the doctor when will I be allowed to return to the computer and the reply was 3 to 4 weeks. I would read that as 3 weeks, wouldn't you? He is also saying with no surprises and nothing else goes wrong, I will be looking at a 3 month recovery period. I really don't care. I just want to be fixed for good.
Has anyone had this exact experience? would love to hear from you, but it has to be before around 3:30 tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon.
Diane
Has anyone had this exact experience? would love to hear from you, but it has to be before around 3:30 tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon.
Diane
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