Hi all,
I had my two-week post op appt. two days ago and was given my post op xrays. The plan was for T10 - L5, but my doc ended up doing T11 - L5 (apparently he told me that one day post op, but the morphene erased that right away). The original plan was for no correction either, but as we mentioned before, my L3 was very unstable (more than 1/4" out of alignment with L2 and L4). So there was some correction done for that. In my post-op appt. I was told the L3 was so bad, that with much more slippage/damage, I may not have been able to move my left leg ever again!!! I'm SO VERY THANKFUL I did not postpone this surgery for a year like I had originally planned... Recovering very well, walking between 1.5 and 2.5 miles per day. I take my husband's pilot GPS with me so I can track the distance and the MPH. And eventually I'll be able to track the altitude of walks when I start doing hills. It's fun to keep track of it that way. I'm just a little airplane icon on the screen...hahahaha....who knew we would ever use it for this!
I am very encouraged for the future!
Lisa
I had my two-week post op appt. two days ago and was given my post op xrays. The plan was for T10 - L5, but my doc ended up doing T11 - L5 (apparently he told me that one day post op, but the morphene erased that right away). The original plan was for no correction either, but as we mentioned before, my L3 was very unstable (more than 1/4" out of alignment with L2 and L4). So there was some correction done for that. In my post-op appt. I was told the L3 was so bad, that with much more slippage/damage, I may not have been able to move my left leg ever again!!! I'm SO VERY THANKFUL I did not postpone this surgery for a year like I had originally planned... Recovering very well, walking between 1.5 and 2.5 miles per day. I take my husband's pilot GPS with me so I can track the distance and the MPH. And eventually I'll be able to track the altitude of walks when I start doing hills. It's fun to keep track of it that way. I'm just a little airplane icon on the screen...hahahaha....who knew we would ever use it for this!
I am very encouraged for the future!
Lisa
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