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Hi Ed, Good to hear from you! What happened to my blog? Haha, life happened...haven't been to it in many years -- since that time, school,...

Even though many members will travel for their surgeries, staying local does have its advantages. Complications can happen anywhere, with any...

Frank Schwab at HSS https://www.hss.edu/physicians_schwab-frank.asp Baron Lonner https://www.mountsinai.org/profiles/baron-s-lonner Long time...

Yes, I have a lot of thinking to do, pro and con. When I saw Dr. Stevens he was emphatic that I had to do this. I was actually quite surprised,...

Irene, You know that it's perfectly ok not to make a decision right now. If so, just say your not ready and need a little more time to think things...

No one really knows the rate of life-altering complications, but I think most would quote it to be somewhere between .5%-2%. Most people with the...

Here we go...When we are put under, our blood pressure drops roughly 25%. It's the meds, the morphine. You can stroke or infarct nerves, or the...

I think even if you sleep on your stomach you move during the night. They kept watch on my eye sight, the left pupil was larger and did not recover...

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160630145620.htm The risk of blindness caused by spinal fusion, one of the most common surgeries...

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That's curious about the prone position. I've been a natural stomach sleeper most of my life, although I'm trying to sleep on my back more, but I've...

Linda can answer your questions. In re blindness, she can correct me if I am wrong but I think that is due to incorrect or prolonged positioning in...

Based on comments, here are some of my questions: What is the incidence of horrible life-altering complications like paralysis? I don't understand...

The main problem continues to be that researchers have to measure something objective (like whether a Cobb is >49* with less than 25% growth...

Hi Jackie - I'm out in Phoenix. Christopher DeWald in Chicago is the son of Ronald DeWald and took over the practice when his father retired. I used...

So true, a lot of material info was missing from the report. Not to mention stopping the study early distorts the results. Ended up being a small...

I had surgery in 1974, 2 Hrods implanted, 14 vertebra fused, am now 63 and feeling it. Wondered how you are feeling and doing after your surgery? ...

Hi Irene, are you still.near Chicago? There is a Dr. DeWalt at Rush in Chicago. I do not think it is the same first name though. He is an orthopedic...

My original surgery was with Dr. Ronald DeWald in Chicago. We traveled to see him. He was one of the top people in the country at that time and...

This is correct, they won't offer surgery if they don't think it will be an improvement. However, Dr U is saying no for a reason....(I had no idea)...

In the beginning at age 24, I had never been told I had scoliosis. I had no idea what it meant. So after the birth I ask the OB doctor why it was...

Hi Ed, This is a lot of great info, some of which I had to google. Yes, the pain has gotten quite bad, especially in the lower leg. It starts out...

I see, What did you do for your scoliosis from age 24 until the first accident? Anything at all? I take it your curves were under the surgical...

Ok Ed I am for to put my answer here. Some of it has the same issues as Susan has but not everything. First time I was told I had scoliosis was the...

Yes, broken neck or a dorsal root compression, inflammation, or low grade infection at the C8 or T1 osteotomy sites. Have they done a MRI or CT of...

I am going to ask about an injection but I think the fusion makes that harder. So far we changed for gabapentin to lyrica, but no change. I just...

That's good news....infections can be hard to deal with, (especially on hardware) but they are making headway. Pain is your first indicator. The...

Irene, How bad is the pain? Can you describe it? Describing pain needs to be exact, symptoms need to match and correlate. There has to be a...

It is good in the thoracic right now. No more unexpected sores. Also, this latest surgery is done under newer techniques as you pointed out Ed. I...