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  • #31
    Here's Jamie's before and after x-rays. Sorry about the poor quality of the before pictures and the way I attached them. I'm just so happy I was finallly able to learn how to attach her pictures!


    Mary Lou








    Last edited by Snoopy; 11-16-2010, 02:19 PM.
    Mom to Jamie age 21-diagnosed at age 12-spinal fusion 12/7/2004-fused from T3-L2; and Tracy age 19, mild Scoliosis-diagnosed at age 18.

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    • #32
      Aw, thank you, Jeneé! Apparently even a slight adjustment can make a big difference; I was so surprised at the way my back looks now. I've always been slim, but my torso and hips felt squat and mismatched to my arms and legs. Now I look the way I was meant to look all along, so strange to see for the first time in my adult life. And the thought that my spine will stay healthy for so many more years is such a relief.

      It's amazing what happens when the surgeon puts everything back in the right place. It sounds like you have the same build, so you can probably look forward to the same result when you have your surgery in January.
      Juliet, age 57
      37˚ lumbar and 35˚ thoracic with rotation
      Diagnosed at age 11 and untreated.
      Total degeneration of disc at L4-5, spondylolisthesis at L4, L5 sacralized.
      Surgery on 10/26/10
      Dr. Matthew Geck, Seton Spine & Scoliosis, Center, Austin, TX.
      University Medical Center @ Brackenridge Hospital.
      Posterior fusion of T11-S1, part minimally invasive; TLIF at L4-5.

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      • #33
        Originally posted by Snoopy View Post
        Here's Jamie's before and after x-rays. Sorry about the poor quality of the before pictures and the way I attached them. I'm just so happy I was finallly able to learn how to attach her pictures!


        Mary Lou


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        Wow Mary Lou. She appears completely de-rotated and without a single screw. A beautiful job.
        Sharon, mother of identical twin girls with scoliosis

        No island of sanity.

        Question: What do you call alternative medicine that works?
        Answer: Medicine


        "We are all African."

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        • #34
          Wow! How do they do that without screws? Wires and clips? The results are beautiful!
          Juliet, age 57
          37˚ lumbar and 35˚ thoracic with rotation
          Diagnosed at age 11 and untreated.
          Total degeneration of disc at L4-5, spondylolisthesis at L4, L5 sacralized.
          Surgery on 10/26/10
          Dr. Matthew Geck, Seton Spine & Scoliosis, Center, Austin, TX.
          University Medical Center @ Brackenridge Hospital.
          Posterior fusion of T11-S1, part minimally invasive; TLIF at L4-5.

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          • #35
            Sharon and Juliet,

            Thank you! We too feel that she has a beautiful result.

            Jamie's pedicles were too small to use screws, so they used wires and hooks and a full year of a lot of restrictions.

            Mary Lou
            Mom to Jamie age 21-diagnosed at age 12-spinal fusion 12/7/2004-fused from T3-L2; and Tracy age 19, mild Scoliosis-diagnosed at age 18.

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            • #36
              HI! Click below in my signature line to see my before and afters. I am 7 months post op now. Surgery was 3/31/10.
              Laura
              62 degrees
              49 yrs. young
              Surgery 3/31/10 with Lenke

              Before and After pics
              http://www.flickr.com/photos/13749126@N06/

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              • #37
                Hi, Laura .. I keep comparing your before and after backs. Isn't it amazing? You look great! It's made a huge difference for you.
                Juliet, age 57
                37˚ lumbar and 35˚ thoracic with rotation
                Diagnosed at age 11 and untreated.
                Total degeneration of disc at L4-5, spondylolisthesis at L4, L5 sacralized.
                Surgery on 10/26/10
                Dr. Matthew Geck, Seton Spine & Scoliosis, Center, Austin, TX.
                University Medical Center @ Brackenridge Hospital.
                Posterior fusion of T11-S1, part minimally invasive; TLIF at L4-5.

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                • #38
                  I CANNOT tell all of you wonderful people how much each and every one of you on this forum means to me as I head toward surgery in the spring. That's all.... thank you.

                  xoxo
                  Cathy
                  2 sons, one Syracuse University graduate (working for the Mets now), one college sophomore, one great husband and two fabulous cats
                  54 years old March 5
                  AIS 45 degrees Thoracic at 14, Milwaukee brace for one year in 1977 then in 2012 I found Dr. Baron Lonner ❤️
                  Surgery April 8 2015
                  Presurgical curves T77 L66
                  Post surgical T27 L22
                  Fused T3-S1 pelvic fixation, osteotomies and all the other stuff but you know what? It's done...

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                  • #39
                    OK...This is my first time trying an attachment....here goes .

                    My correction was approxmately 50% and my increase in height about 3/4 inch. Little circle top left is my wedding ring . Barnes x-ray techs have you touch your hands to your shoulders.
                    Kathy
                    46 yrs at surgery, now 50
                    71 degree thoracolumbar curve corrected to 34 degrees
                    8/2/2010 surgery with Dr. Lenke

                    posterior T9 to sacrum with pelvic fixation

                    4 osteotomies and 1 cage
                    http://s1066.photobucket.com/albums/...athK_08022010/

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                    • #40
                      KathK

                      I see you had a little train wreck going on... and your L5-Sacrum looked similar to mine. You had to have been in pain with what you had going on.

                      How are things now?
                      Ed
                      49 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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                      • #41
                        Ed,
                        Despite my spine being a train wreck and qualifying as "the spine of an 80 year old" in Dr. L's book , I really had no pain!! I think that pain may come with instability and joint movement and my spine was quite inflexible.

                        I am sure that pain was in my future though (my mom has severe stenosis). I'm glad that I had it taken care of and hope that I will continue to only be happier and happier with that decision as time goes by. I'll have to post my lateral x-rays at some point. I had a lot of rotation at the apex of my curve (looked like 90 degrees to me) and still do have some.

                        Like you, I am happy with the timing of my surgery. I would not have wanted to have had the surgery back in the 70's when I was first diagnosed. The technology used then (Harrington rods and hooks) did not have a great track record in lumbar spines and that whole "body cast for 9 months" thing did not sound appealing either. We are so lucky that the surgical technology has progressed so much.
                        Kathy
                        46 yrs at surgery, now 50
                        71 degree thoracolumbar curve corrected to 34 degrees
                        8/2/2010 surgery with Dr. Lenke

                        posterior T9 to sacrum with pelvic fixation

                        4 osteotomies and 1 cage
                        http://s1066.photobucket.com/albums/...athK_08022010/

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                        • #42
                          Kathy

                          If you didn’t have any major pain events you are lucky....and I think that you were fixed just in time. I would say that you were guaranteed to have major pain issues for the future.....

                          There are H rod patients that are very happy that were done back in the day. The surgeons wanted to do a Luque on me, with wires. The use of wires was and still is a good method of attachment for certain cases.

                          As you heal, things will improve. Hang in there, it gets much better.
                          Ed
                          49 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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                          • #43
                            You can find all my back surgery/recovery pics here! http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...6&l=17c74e57e0

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                            • #44
                              I looked at all your FB pics Jess and read every comment too. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
                              Son 14 y/o diagnosed January 20th. 2011 with 110* Curve
                              Halo Traction & 1st. surgery on March 22nd. 2011
                              Spinal Fusion on April 19th. 2011

                              Dr. Krajbich @ Shriners Childrens Hospital, Portland Oregon



                              http://tinyurl.com/Elias-Before
                              http://tinyurl.com/Elias-After

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                              • #45
                                Great pictorial, Jess! Very familiar, too. You were put through the wringer, but look at you now.
                                I wish my sofa was as comfortable as yours looks!
                                Juliet, age 57
                                37˚ lumbar and 35˚ thoracic with rotation
                                Diagnosed at age 11 and untreated.
                                Total degeneration of disc at L4-5, spondylolisthesis at L4, L5 sacralized.
                                Surgery on 10/26/10
                                Dr. Matthew Geck, Seton Spine & Scoliosis, Center, Austin, TX.
                                University Medical Center @ Brackenridge Hospital.
                                Posterior fusion of T11-S1, part minimally invasive; TLIF at L4-5.

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