Well I am leaving for St. Louis tommorrow night with my mom and meeting my dad there for all my pre-op appointments on Wednesday morning/afternoon. I am a bit nervous just to see what Dr. Lenke is going to say after all of my bending x-rays, etc... I don't even know why. When I went initially he recommended that I have surgery based on the combonation of my scoliiosis and kyphosis and the rotation I have. I think I'm just afraid he's going to change his mind even though he had a pretty confident recommendation... and starting all over again in this process would be a nightmare for me.
Dr. Lenke sent me a big packet in the mail with two different studies he wants me to be a part of- one is being conducted by his colleague on the genetics behind scoliosis and they will just be drawing blood from my iv line when i am there for surgery. I am rather excited about this one because my dad/sister/grandma all have mild-moderate kyphosis that hasn't been treated and I had a little brother who died at birth with severe spina bifida. I however am the only one with scoliosis. It would be cool to link these all together. The other one is just a self-image study that Dr. Lenke is doing. Did anyone else that sees/saw Dr. Lenke participate in these? ...just wondering...
Also, I think I will be donating blood while I am there. I am supposed to give two units, but my parents wanted to donate them. I told them that I wanted to donate one of my own, and I don't even know that I want to put one of them through donating the other one because my mom currently is on antibiotics for a double inner ear infection and is taking high blood pressure medication. My dad has never donated blood but if anyone maybe he'll be able to do it.
Any advice or good questions to ask would be really appreciated!!! Especially from those of you who go to Dr. Lenke!!
Dr. Lenke sent me a big packet in the mail with two different studies he wants me to be a part of- one is being conducted by his colleague on the genetics behind scoliosis and they will just be drawing blood from my iv line when i am there for surgery. I am rather excited about this one because my dad/sister/grandma all have mild-moderate kyphosis that hasn't been treated and I had a little brother who died at birth with severe spina bifida. I however am the only one with scoliosis. It would be cool to link these all together. The other one is just a self-image study that Dr. Lenke is doing. Did anyone else that sees/saw Dr. Lenke participate in these? ...just wondering...
Also, I think I will be donating blood while I am there. I am supposed to give two units, but my parents wanted to donate them. I told them that I wanted to donate one of my own, and I don't even know that I want to put one of them through donating the other one because my mom currently is on antibiotics for a double inner ear infection and is taking high blood pressure medication. My dad has never donated blood but if anyone maybe he'll be able to do it.
Any advice or good questions to ask would be really appreciated!!! Especially from those of you who go to Dr. Lenke!!
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