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February 8, 2010 - 7:11pm
Finally Surgery was Approved
I got the call this afternoon. My NS office said I was at the top of the list for cancellations. I should have a surgery date soon.
I finally see a light at the end of the tunnel- I hoe it doesn't blow out again this time. I want to get this behind me and start healing already.
Julie
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I am not a doctor, my opinions are not meant to be medical advice. Just opinions from my personal experiences dealing with multiple spinal issues.
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Julie,
That is such good news that you can finally start forward again in place of being stuck in neutral gear. Hopefully everything will come together for you now. Take care and keep us posted on your surgery date.
I hope you can now have that goal of getting better soon. Take care. Charry
Any answers I have is not medical advice only a Doctor can help you with that. Just sharing my personal experience as a fellow Spine Health member only. Mild DDD of complete lumbar area with recent healing of L5-S1 HD and annular tear.Leg &foot weakness nerve compression L4-L5.Mod. disc changes C5-C7 nerve impingement sore elbow and numb hand. Sept. 2011 MRI L4-L5 disc bulge and L5 facet joint and narrowing. Meds-Oxycontin 80mg,Cymbalta,Lyrica, Flexeril,Naproxen,Serax. Platinum Infrared heating pad. ER and Oncology trained and Cardiology RN on Disability. Keep the faith.
Well, finally. There should be a saying around here somewhere about how spineys are the only ones who throw parties when they get to have surgery.
It's such a long road sometimes, and you've had your share of trials and tribulations.
I so look forward to the day it happens and you KNOW it is and then the first post-op post being in the combination of heaven and not-so-heaven, being post surgery but dealing with recovery. But I can tell you along with many others that I'd rather be in recovery than any other part of this whole terrible process.
Congratulations and don't spare the details as things move along.
Cath
~ October 21, 2008 - ACDF, 3-level (C4/5, 5/6 6/7), with hardware and eight screws. All fused and hardware is stable.
~ January 6, 2010 - TLIF at L4/5, two rods and four pedicle screws.
~ July 2010 - New CT and MRI on cervical shows further problems above fusion at C2/3 and worst at C3/4.
I am in no way affiliated with the medical profession. Any recommendations I make are based on my personal experiences only, so do not take my comments as medical rules.
That is soo wrong!! lmao
Too funny. How SAD is that!..... Only a fellow spiney...
I just want to have this behind me. I am not looking forward to recovery (it's like looking forward to climbing a mountain in a bad storm with a broken leg and hungry) however I am ready to be on the road home. I start to panic just a little with the thought of living the rest of my life like this- wasting another year- wasting another summer..... I live for summer (literally) anyone living in Anchorage Alaska does.
Hopefully by June I will be out hiking and enjoying the out doors. That's my goal- feel better physically by June.
Julie
I am not a doctor, my opinions are not meant to be medical advice. Just opinions from my personal experiences dealing with multiple spinal issues.