it's faded a lot! T2-L1...
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My scar @ a year post-op
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Wow - what a great scar!!!!!! Im a little over 4 weeks postop and I haven't brought myself to look at mine yet completely. But, I'm already in awe to see that my torso lines up again. I know - silly huh? And, I can't believe my ribs don't stick out so far any more. Geesh - I think Dr. Lenke truly walks on water!!!!!!Rita Thompson
Age 46
Milwaukee Brace wearer for 3 years in childhood
Surgery Mar 1st - 95 degree thoracic curve
Surgery by Dr. Lenke, St. Louis, MO
Post-surgery curve 25-30 degree
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Your back looks great! Hard to tell now, that you ever had scoliosis. Your scar has faded well. It's much lighter than mine.Surgery March 3, 2009 at almost 58, now 63.
Dr. Askin, Brisbane, Australia
T4-Pelvis, Posterior only
Osteotomies and Laminectomies
Was 68 degrees, now 22 and pain free
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Jess- Your scar is great and so is your correction! Thanks for posting this pic.
Rita - I had to laugh when I read that you haven't really looked at your scar yet. It took me awhile before I looked at mine too. I just didn't want to look at it but was content with my husband's periodic assessment of it and the photos he took of it in the hospital and once we got home. I don't think I looked at the actual scar until maybe 6 weeks later.
I kind of like looking at it now, is that weird?Julie - 51 yrs old
Dx'd 1973 - 43* thoracic curve / rotation
Wore Milwaukee brace 1973 - 1979
Pre-surgery: 63* thoracic / 52* lumbar curves
Surgeries: P - March 16, 2009 - Fused T3-S2 with pelvic fixation
A -April 14, 2009 - Fused L5-S1
Achieved +70% Correction
Dr. Khaled Kebaish, (and team) Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
Standing x-ray
New Spine 03/19/2009
New Spine Lateral 03/19/2009
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Jess - thank you so much for posting this picture. Since I am being fused the exact as you are T2-L1, your photo is so exciting. Your scar is minimal, so straight, no hump, and you are bending forward nicely. Oh my gosh this makes me feel good. Thank you again for sharing. Happy one year anniversary.Shari - 55 years old
Pre-Surgery 62 degree thorasic curve with shifting.
Post op 13 degree curve.
Successful surgery 4/15/10, T3-L2 fused.
2nd surgery to reopen incision 10" to diagnose infection, 5/18/10
Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI - the late Dr. Harry Herkowitz
www.scoliosisthejourney.com
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Jess,
what a good looking scar!! I wonder if it will continue to fade? I haven't looked at mine lately, so I'll have to take a peek.__________________________________________
Debbe - 50 yrs old
Milwalkee Brace 1976 - 79
Told by Dr. my curve would never progress
Surgery 10/15/08 in NYC by Dr. Michael Neuwirth
Pre-Surgury Thorasic: 66 degrees
Pre-Surgery Lumbar: 66 degrees
Post-Surgery Thorasic: 34 degrees
Post-Surgery Lumbar: 22 degrees
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Jess--I'm a year today and mine isn't anywhere near that faded. That's fantastic. Where my top curve is it's much wider and redder. The bottom is pretty good. What was the degree of your top curve? JanetJanet
61 years old--57 for surgery
Diagnosed in 1965 at age of 13--no brace
Thoracic Curve: 96 degrees to 35 degrees
Lumbar Curve: 63 degrees to 5 degrees
Surgery with Dr. Lenke in St. Louis--March 30, 2009
T-2 to Pelvis, and hopefully all posterior procedure.
All was posterior along with 2 cages and 6 osteotomies.
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thanks, all!! my primary, large curve -- in my thoracic spine -- was 57 degrees at the time of surgery. now i think it's 17 degrees, and my amazing surgeon got my compensatory lumbar curve to 0 (was around 42). my scar is slightly darker in person...the photo is a bit washed out. but it's still really light and has faded well!
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