Paulasue,
It takes about 2 to 3 months for the trauma of surgery and the change to lessen a bit. For those 1st months your terrified to do anything. I was told just how easy it is to be paralyzed so I was extra, extra careful. After these 1st months you start forgetting to be so careful. The pain lessens and you find yourself doing something without thinking and it doesn't hurt! You also start getting used to your new center of balance. Once all that starts happening you see the changes that everyone else has already seen! For me it was the fact I could sit back in a chair. I also found that getting out of bed was easier. All those, 'the way I look' issues suddenly seem changed. You put on an outfit that didn't look right before and suddenly it looks great on you! When you bump your head on the car as you get in for the billionth time you admit that your taller too. And if she was like me, terrified about paralysis, you realize that you've made it this far without a problem and maybe you don't have to worry as much. My mom really drummed it into my head the risk of being paralyzed. You know the worries, what if the doc slips in surgery? What if the rod moves? What if I forget and twist and something ,moves? My mom talked about those worries alot. So it's possible (probable) that your dughter isn't as "obsessed" with it as I was. But those are the big changes that I remember most!
It takes about 2 to 3 months for the trauma of surgery and the change to lessen a bit. For those 1st months your terrified to do anything. I was told just how easy it is to be paralyzed so I was extra, extra careful. After these 1st months you start forgetting to be so careful. The pain lessens and you find yourself doing something without thinking and it doesn't hurt! You also start getting used to your new center of balance. Once all that starts happening you see the changes that everyone else has already seen! For me it was the fact I could sit back in a chair. I also found that getting out of bed was easier. All those, 'the way I look' issues suddenly seem changed. You put on an outfit that didn't look right before and suddenly it looks great on you! When you bump your head on the car as you get in for the billionth time you admit that your taller too. And if she was like me, terrified about paralysis, you realize that you've made it this far without a problem and maybe you don't have to worry as much. My mom really drummed it into my head the risk of being paralyzed. You know the worries, what if the doc slips in surgery? What if the rod moves? What if I forget and twist and something ,moves? My mom talked about those worries alot. So it's possible (probable) that your dughter isn't as "obsessed" with it as I was. But those are the big changes that I remember most!
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