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perk4756

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  21. Posted

    I wish someone would start a fb for September sleevers. Need lots of support. Tried to bond with some from my Drs office Thursday, but none were September sleevers

    I'd be happy to start a FB group. That's a GREAT IDEA!! Let me put it together and I will let you know when it's up! Give me a bit, I have to take my puppy to the dog park! He's worse than a 5 year old right now! LOL
    ok, I created the group, I need to add a picture etc., if you would like to be invited please either post your email here (if you are ok with it, or please send me a message and I will send you an invite via email! :D

    Perkinsn8668@yahoo.com

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    My mom had a spinal fusion several years ago. It is a major surgery--hers was about 8 hours long, though that may depend on how many vertebrae have to be fused. She had a bone graft, but they harvested bone from her hip for it. She doesn't have a cage, just a lot of screws and rods in there. After surgery, she had to be in a special custom-fitted molded plastic brace that went from her breast bone to her pubic bone. She had to wear that for several months for everything but sleeping. Then she transitioned to a more corset-like brace for a few more months. I don't remember how long she was off work, but it was several weeks at least. She was still working as a floor nurse at the time (which is why she had to have surgery in the first place), and had to be on desk duty for a while after she went back.

    I also have a friend who had a more invasive spinal fusion done a couple years ago, and I don't think he had to be in a special brace at all--I don't know if the procedure changed in the 6 or 7 years between when my mom had surgery and when he did, or if it was based on where on the spine the surgery was, or what.

    My friend's surgery hasn't been that successful, but he has an underlying chronic condition that results in a continued deterioration of the spine--he's a 40-year-old with the spine of a 90-year-old, basically.

    My mom's, on the other hand, has been very successful. She's almost ten years out, and only occasionally has pain--more a feeling that her back is "tired" than anything. She will sometimes have an ache where they took the bone graft out of her hip. But she can go horseback riding, kayaking, and even water-skiing.

    I had the fusion too. They used another's bone for me, but I have the cage . big mess they made of me too. Lot's of deteriation. Been disabled every since.

  24. Posted

    I've had a fusion that failed. Also 4 others that have failed. A crushed sciatica too. Leg pain and on a cane. But since I started this, I have a new outlook. After my exercise class I've decided to start them now and it's helping me physically. Failed back surgeries is what has caused my weight gain, but not gonna let it anymore. I do get epidural injection every 6 months in rounds of 3. They aren't a fix, but a little help. Getting Facet's on wed's. Had them after one of my surgeries and they helped before

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