Hi all,
I hope you are all well. I thought I'd update you on my latest surgery.
I have now been home for a week following my posterior op due to my anterior surgery not fusing correctly. They were originally going to just re do the fusion, but discovered that my kyphosis had rapidly increased since January and so increased the length of my correction. I am now fused from T2 to T12. (As soon as I get hold of a copy of my xrays in November I will post a pic).
The surgery went really well. I didn't need a chest drain this time which was a big relief. I had the surgery on the Monday and came home on the Saturday so I wasn't even in for a week which suprised me as I was in for over two weeks last time round!
As I said I have been home for a week now and am feeling ok. I am a lot better than I was after my anterior surgery last year. I am still in massive pain, but getting on with things as we all are used to doing! My surgeon has advised me to take it especially easy this time round to increase the chances of the fusion taking so I'm being very careful not to overdo it. Believe me, there is no way I want to go through this again!
Take care,
Love Karen xx
I hope you are all well. I thought I'd update you on my latest surgery.
I have now been home for a week following my posterior op due to my anterior surgery not fusing correctly. They were originally going to just re do the fusion, but discovered that my kyphosis had rapidly increased since January and so increased the length of my correction. I am now fused from T2 to T12. (As soon as I get hold of a copy of my xrays in November I will post a pic).
The surgery went really well. I didn't need a chest drain this time which was a big relief. I had the surgery on the Monday and came home on the Saturday so I wasn't even in for a week which suprised me as I was in for over two weeks last time round!
As I said I have been home for a week now and am feeling ok. I am a lot better than I was after my anterior surgery last year. I am still in massive pain, but getting on with things as we all are used to doing! My surgeon has advised me to take it especially easy this time round to increase the chances of the fusion taking so I'm being very careful not to overdo it. Believe me, there is no way I want to go through this again!
Take care,
Love Karen xx
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