Wonderful news Melissa! We have three delightful little granddaughters, and they're the light of our lives.
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Originally posted by rohrer01 View PostCongratulations on having a granddaughter, born yet or not! Is your daughter at home with you or close by? That would be really nice for you both if she is.
HUGS!
She left her abusive boyfriend in NC and is now living with us here in CA.Melissa
Fused from C2 - sacrum 7/2011
April 21, 2020- another broken rod surgery
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Broken Rod
I was at Dr Bederman yesterday for my follow up from my June surgery . We were looking at my Xrays and he said it looks as if you have a broken rod. Yes I do.
I am still having my right hip replaced next Thursday and Dr Bederman's partner is going to try to fix the broken rod with doing something with my SI joint. He feels that my not allowing my SI joint to move then the bone around the rod will fuse. I really do not understand , but I trust Dr Bederman. He feels that with this procedure there is a 75% chance that I will not have to have the rod replaced.
Life is so much fun for me
Thanks everyone for your good thoughtsMelissa
Fused from C2 - sacrum 7/2011
April 21, 2020- another broken rod surgery
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I'm so sorry Melissa! It must seem like two steps forward, one back. Is this SI joint procedure going to be done during your hip surgery? Or separately?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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So sorry, Melissa. And I'm wondering the same thing Jennifer is... Am praying it all works out so this will take care of it all.71 and plugging along... but having some problems
2007 52° w/ severe lumbar stenosis & L2L3 lateral listhesis (side shift)
5/4/07 posterior fusion T2-L4 w/ laminectomies and osteotomies @L2L3, L3L4
Dr. Kim Hammerberg, Rush Univ. Medical Center in Chicago
Corrected to 15°
CMT (type 2) DX in 2014, progressing
10/2018 x-rays - spondylolisthesis at L4/L5 - Dr. DeWald is monitoring
Click to view my pics: pics of scoli x-rays digital x-rays, and pics of me
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Originally posted by jrnyc View Posthi Melissa
i hope the hip surgery goes smoothly and that it is the last you will need...
i sent you a private message...
take care...
jess...and Sparky
I will need my left hip as well. If this rod is not fixed by this SI surgery, I will have to have more back surgery.Melissa
Fused from C2 - sacrum 7/2011
April 21, 2020- another broken rod surgery
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Originally posted by JenniferG View PostI'm so sorry Melissa! It must seem like two steps forward, one back. Is this SI joint procedure going to be done during your hip surgery? Or separately?
The total operating time will be about 3 hours then instead of 90 minutes for my hip surgery
If this works then I will have avoided another invasive surgery
MelissaMelissa
Fused from C2 - sacrum 7/2011
April 21, 2020- another broken rod surgery
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Oh I hope so! Have you been getting pain in the area of the broken rod? I guess you must have been. Did you suspect a broken rod?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 I hope so! Have you been getting pain in the area of the broken rod? I guess you must have been. Did you suspect a broken rod?Melissa
Fused from C2 - sacrum 7/2011
April 21, 2020- another broken rod surgery
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Originally posted by mabeckoff View PostI was at Dr Bederman yesterday for my follow up from my June surgery . We were looking at my Xrays and he said it looks as if you have a broken rod. Yes I do.
I am still having my right hip replaced next Thursday and Dr Bederman's partner is going to try to fix the broken rod with doing something with my SI joint. He feels that my not allowing my SI joint to move then the bone around the rod will fuse. I really do not understand , but I trust Dr Bederman. He feels that with this procedure there is a 75% chance that I will not have to have the rod replaced.
Life is so much fun for me
Thanks everyone for your good thoughts
Wow, you've had enough surgery for 10 people! I'm so sorry to hear this bad news. I hope the dual surgery doesn't make it more difficult to recover from the hip replacement. But, if I had the option, I'd probably opt to get it all done at once, too, just so I didn't have to go back into the hospital AGAIN.
Your life WILL be FUN when that granddaughter of yours arrives! There's nothing sweeter than holding your grandchild! It will take your mind off of all this, at least temporarily. Helping your daughter through a pregnancy and delivery is SO SWEET! I'm so glad that I got the opportunity to "share" in it with my daughter. I hope she lets you in the delivery room. It's amazing when you're not on the pain end of it (sad to see your daughter in pain - but it's like a rite of passage). Try to enjoy THIS time in your life the best you can despite your surgeries. It will help you through!
((((HUGS))))Be happy!
We don't know what tomorrow brings,
but we are alive today!
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Originally posted by rohrer01 View PostPoor, Melissa!
Wow, you've had enough surgery for 10 people! I'm so sorry to hear this bad news. I hope the dual surgery doesn't make it more difficult to recover from the hip replacement. But, if I had the option, I'd probably opt to get it all done at once, too, just so I didn't have to go back into the hospital AGAIN.
Your life WILL be FUN when that granddaughter of yours arrives! There's nothing sweeter than holding your grandchild! It will take your mind off of all this, at least temporarily. Helping your daughter through a pregnancy and delivery is SO SWEET! I'm so glad that I got the opportunity to "share" in it with my daughter. I hope she lets you in the delivery room. It's amazing when you're not on the pain end of it (sad to see your daughter in pain - but it's like a rite of passage). Try to enjoy THIS time in your life the best you can despite your surgeries. It will help you through!
((((HUGS))))
MelissaMelissa
Fused from C2 - sacrum 7/2011
April 21, 2020- another broken rod surgery
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Melissa,
What else can go wrong. I certainly hope and pray that both surgeries will go well with one incision and one recovery. Keep up the faith.
SallyDiagnosed with severe lumbar scoliosis at age 65.
Posterior Fusion L2-S1 on 12/4/2007. age 67
Anterior Fusion L3-L4,L4-L5,L5-S1 on 12/19/2007
Additional bone removed to decompress right side of L3-L4 & L4-L5 on 4/19/2010
New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA
Dr. Frank F. Rands735.photobucket.com/albums/ww360/butterflyfive/
"In God We Trust" Happy moments, praise God. Difficult moments, seek God. Quiet moments, worship God. Painful moments, trust God. Every moment, thank God.
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I am off to have my 2 surgeries tomorrow. Please pray for me. I am not in a good place right now. First, my friend who is the best witness in the case of my brother suing me will not be able to come to the trial. She has made non-refundable vacation plans and secondly, my son starts school tomorrow with a schedule that is all messed up and the school states that until September 3rd they will not fix it
MelissaMelissa
Fused from C2 - sacrum 7/2011
April 21, 2020- another broken rod surgery
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