
Originally Posted by
titaniumed
Ok on the BMP.....It's expensive stuff....but works well.
I hope the tightness has passed some....or at least reduced some. Pushing the limits of exercise in recovery can be so tiring.
A hot shower or hot soak will help. I would soak, then shower, then go to bed.
Your gait will improve in time....always think ahead.
Hang in there....I see you are 4 weeks today.
Ed
The tightness is starting to dissipate. I think it’s just the fact that there has been a MAJOR overhaul of a lot of bones including my pelvis and everything is still settling out into its new positions. I have confidence that over time it will be a long forgotten symptom. I still have tegaderm covering my posterior incision since last week they only took staples out and left the sutures in. I get those taken out Friday so I am hoping that once I am completely tegederm free I will be allowed to soak in our tub and maybe even walk back and forth in the shallow end of the pool. It’s been 103 F the past 3 days here so it would be nice to do a little bit of aqua walking. I’m kind of scared of soaking in the tub, we have a 6’ soaked tub and I’m scared that post fusion I won’t be able to lay comfortably in it.
Feb 2003 - Diagnosed C (35) T (45) L (25)
Dec 2003 - T2-T12 Fusion correcting to C (8), T (14), L (20)
Oct 2019 - Lumbar curve progressed to 40
Nov 2019 - Thoracic curve progressed to 31
June/July 2020 - T10-S1 Fusion with SI fixation