Hi Fellow Scolis -
I am three years post-operative and I continue to do very well. I have a blog about my recovery http://www.gingerinrecovery.blogspot.com (also a link at the bottom of this page) and another blog about my current life - http://gingersnapgems.blogspot.com. Before surgery, I was hardly able to manage minimal activities of daily living. Last year, I traveled through Africa and Europe. This weekend, I'm hiking the canyons in Zion's National Park. I continue to take four pills of 50 mg Tramadol and 150 mgs of Lyrica every day. Without medication, I do get into pain. After all, the parts of my spine which were NOT fused are still mal-formed from scoliosis and they are taking on extra stress due to the fusions. Add to that, my next birthday is the big 60 - I'm not young. This doesn't change the important fact: I thank my lucky stars for getting my life back through my scoliosis surgery.
Since it's the holidays, I want to post about the one foundation which is helping children in Africa with Scoliosis - FOCOS. The founder is Dr. Boachie, originally from Ghana. He was the previous president of the Scoliosis Research Society. If you want to help a child get a STRAIGHT SPINE, please go here: http://www.orthofocos.org. I think it's a great way for us scolis to help children who have no resources. Even a small amount of funds can help.
I am not associated with the foundation. However, I have donated and so have my family members who care about scoliosis because they are related to ME!
Please consider it.
Ginger
I am three years post-operative and I continue to do very well. I have a blog about my recovery http://www.gingerinrecovery.blogspot.com (also a link at the bottom of this page) and another blog about my current life - http://gingersnapgems.blogspot.com. Before surgery, I was hardly able to manage minimal activities of daily living. Last year, I traveled through Africa and Europe. This weekend, I'm hiking the canyons in Zion's National Park. I continue to take four pills of 50 mg Tramadol and 150 mgs of Lyrica every day. Without medication, I do get into pain. After all, the parts of my spine which were NOT fused are still mal-formed from scoliosis and they are taking on extra stress due to the fusions. Add to that, my next birthday is the big 60 - I'm not young. This doesn't change the important fact: I thank my lucky stars for getting my life back through my scoliosis surgery.
Since it's the holidays, I want to post about the one foundation which is helping children in Africa with Scoliosis - FOCOS. The founder is Dr. Boachie, originally from Ghana. He was the previous president of the Scoliosis Research Society. If you want to help a child get a STRAIGHT SPINE, please go here: http://www.orthofocos.org. I think it's a great way for us scolis to help children who have no resources. Even a small amount of funds can help.
I am not associated with the foundation. However, I have donated and so have my family members who care about scoliosis because they are related to ME!
Please consider it.
Ginger
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