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My surgeon didn't ask me to pre-donate. He used cell-saver and blood bank blood.
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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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Dr. Kebaish also does not recommend his patients donating their own blood prior to surgery...I relied solely on banked blood and had no issues. He preferred his patients to be fighting ready!
Years ago I was contacted by the Red Cross for blood donations (I am AB+) and the first time I went in I passed out on the cot before they even got the pint and that nurse would not unhook me until she got it. I woke up with an ammonia capsule under my nose and her saying, "Keep squeezing, keep squeezing!"
After 3 hours of juice and cookies and having to call someone to pick me up (they wouldn't let me drive myself home) she told me not to donate anymore! And that was fine with me...
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 03/19/2009Comment
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Debra -- I used two units of blood from the blood bank. I'm 11 weeks post op and am doing great.
GlendaGlenda
Age 66 Georgia (63 at time of surgery)
Bi-lateral laminectomy 2006
Kyphoscoliosis, approx 38* lumbar scoliosis, stenosis, disk herniations, lower back and hip pain, w/radiating pain, stinging and numbness in legs.
A/P fusion (T10-S2) 5/17/10 and 5/20/10
Dr Yoon, Emory Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital, Atlanta, GA
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