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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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Jen
Oops, sorry I figured you call the Dr first on the pill cutting. Thx Michelle and Debbe for the alert.
No worries
Ed49 yr old male, now 63, the new 64...
Pre surgery curves T70,L70
ALIF/PSA T2-Pelvis 01/29/08, 01/31/08 7" pelvic anchors BMP
Dr Brett Menmuir St Marys Hospital Reno,Nevada
Bending and twisting pics after full fusion
http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/showt...on.&highlight=
My x-rays
http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/attac...2&d=1228779214
http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/attac...3&d=1228779258
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Good on you Lynne, what a hero. I feel a long way from going back to work. I can barely fill in a form properly, I discovered yesterday!
Ed, like you, I had horrible problems with constipation. I was given laxatives daily, two enemas that did nothing along with a high fibre diet. Just as I was becoming desperate at 9 days, a friend brought in some Nulax. Do you have it in the US? It's based on dried fig, looks and tastes like dried fig and works within a few hours. But it's very harsh and I should tell you I thought I was going to die on that toilet. But I was so grateful at the same time! Good luck mate. Remember the Nulax if you really need to take the pain relief, oh and drink lots of pear juice, it's pretty good too, not as effective as the Nulax, but gentler. I'll be thinking of you Thursday.
Deb and Michelle. Fortunately my box of Oxycontin clearly states the pills are not to be bitten or cut. I Googled it and found out that if the coating is broken an overdose can be lethal. I also read that addicts do this, for a high. Lordy, there are some things I will never understand.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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Oh and Debbei, that's a great idea about spreading out the pill-taking times! I'll do that for a week or so before I stop.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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Originally posted by JenniferG View PostOh and Debbei, that's a great idea about spreading out the pill-taking times! I'll do that for a week or so before I stop.
when I was down to 2 pills, every dose I'd add more time SLOWLY so that over a week or so I went from 2x a day to 1x a day. And then the last time I took one was about a day and a half between doses so I finally SLOWLY lost all those terrible symptoms. In my case I couldn't cut any pills because they were capsules.
Keep us posted how it goes.__________________________________________
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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