Well, so far I have found out that I broke my collar bone when I fell. Nothing to do for it except time. 2 1/2 - 3 months before it is healed.
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Ouch! I know what that's like. The only bone I ever broke. Take care Melissa, no more falling!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 no Melissa! I'm so sorry to hear this latest set back. What does this mean, do you know? I'm going to do some Googling when I have a minute.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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Good news about granddaughter. We finally have a awesome lawyer. Danny got us a two day visit instead of flying to NC from CA for one starting now we have 6 hours Saturday and 6 Hours Sunday
Danny is Great!!Melissa
Fused from C2 - sacrum 7/2011
April 21, 2020- another broken rod surgery
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Good news and Bad news .... We had a wonderful visit with Yaffa . But I fell again, this time I just lost my balance and landed flat on my knees. My knees are in such pain and are swollen. At least, I was going to see my knee surgeon tomorrow anyway.Melissa
Fused from C2 - sacrum 7/2011
April 21, 2020- another broken rod surgery
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Originally posted by mabeckoff View PostGood news and Bad news .... We had a wonderful visit with Yaffa . But I fell again, this time I just lost my balance and landed flat on my knees. My knees are in such pain and are swollen. At least, I was going to see my knee surgeon tomorrow anyway.
Sincerely, sending healing prayer your way~~~LindaLinda Brozik~~60 yrs. old at time of Lenke's first surgery. 62 now!
Surgery 2006 L3/4 L4/5 double fusion/ instumentation/ With 2 cages
This started adult onset scoliosis
July 1st, 2010/ surgery ~~fused T10 to pelvis (long rods/ screws)
Oct.20th 2010, extended rods to T4 / did osteotomy at L3
Oct. 29th 2012 Dr. Lenke St. Louis Mo. T4 to sacrum osteotomy anterior cage L3/4 titanium rods
May 30th 2013 revision
May 8th cervicle surgery 2016
May 31st Dr. Gupta revision 2017
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I have not fixed any knees. I saw my knee surgeon Wednesday. Dr Bederman has given the OK for me to have any surgery that I need to have, My broken collarbone will not affect any surgery that I need to have. So now I am waiting to have some tests done. Because of all of the hardware that I have in my femur bone, my knee surgeon needs to have a MRI done of my knee so he can see the best way to implant it.
Dr Bederman and I have said our good byes to each other last Wednesday. There is no more surgery that he can do for me. The pain that I am in is mine for the rest of my life. Unless I break a rod , there is nothing more that he can do for me. It has been a long four years and I certainly give him my best . He corrected what my NC surgeon screwed me up with and gave me a spine that stands upright. I will always think of him for the rest of my life with good thoughts.
So now I am on to other problems including knees, hips, feet and my brainMelissa
Fused from C2 - sacrum 7/2011
April 21, 2020- another broken rod surgery
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Originally posted by mabeckoff View PostI have not fixed any knees. I saw my knee surgeon Wednesday. Dr Bederman has given the OK for me to have any surgery that I need to have, My broken collarbone will not affect any surgery that I need to have. So now I am waiting to have some tests done. Because of all of the hardware that I have in my femur bone, my knee surgeon needs to have a MRI done of my knee so he can see the best way to implant it.
Dr Bederman and I have said our good byes to each other last Wednesday. There is no more surgery that he can do for me. The pain that I am in is mine for the rest of my life. Unless I break a rod , there is nothing more that he can do for me. It has been a long four years and I certainly give him my best . He corrected what my NC surgeon screwed me up with and gave me a spine that stands upright. I will always think of him for the rest of my life with good thoughts.
So now I am on to other problems including knees, hips, feet and my brainLinda Brozik~~60 yrs. old at time of Lenke's first surgery. 62 now!
Surgery 2006 L3/4 L4/5 double fusion/ instumentation/ With 2 cages
This started adult onset scoliosis
July 1st, 2010/ surgery ~~fused T10 to pelvis (long rods/ screws)
Oct.20th 2010, extended rods to T4 / did osteotomy at L3
Oct. 29th 2012 Dr. Lenke St. Louis Mo. T4 to sacrum osteotomy anterior cage L3/4 titanium rods
May 30th 2013 revision
May 8th cervicle surgery 2016
May 31st Dr. Gupta revision 2017
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Originally posted by babyboomer16 View Posti guess I need to review some of your posts. I thought you had already had a knee replaced. Well, I'm glad you are standing straight. We got what we got~~ and we live with it. I wish you the best as you move forward one day at a time. Keep us posted . As always, Linda
Thank you Linda for your good wishes. I am trying to get rid of some of my pain but I will always have some. As I knew when I started my scoliosis journey , one does not have scoliosis surgery to get rid of pain but to try to stand straight and that I do.
MelissaMelissa
Fused from C2 - sacrum 7/2011
April 21, 2020- another broken rod surgery
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Melissa,
I am really surprised that you are dismissed from Dr Bederman when your broken rod surgery was just a few months ago. Doesn't he need to follow you up for that?
I am glad you had such a good visit with Yaffa. It must have been wonderful to see her.
Take care,Gayle, age 50
Oct 2010 fusion T8-sacrum w/ pelvic fixation
Feb 2012 lumbar revision for broken rods @ L2-3-4
Sept 2015 major lumbar A/P revision for broken rods @ L5-S1
mom of Leah, 15 y/o, Diagnosed '08 with 26* T JIS (age 6)
2010 VBS Dr Luhmann Shriners St Louis
2017 curves stable/skeletely mature
also mom of Torrey, 12 y/o son, 16* T, stable
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True, I did not really think of that. It was December 5th. It is not that I am leaving his office however. When I fell last Sunday I landed on my left shoulder. When I was down at UCI, on Wednesday, they took a xray. My shoulder surgeon looked at it and saw something that he did not like. He emailed me yesterday and wants to see me next Thursday. I will email Dr Bederman about seeing me again before getting rid of me.Melissa
Fused from C2 - sacrum 7/2011
April 21, 2020- another broken rod surgery
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