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Old 05-19-2009, 12:57 AM
jchebert1979 jchebert1979 is offline
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Thanks for the support everyone.

DS: I'm not expecting a walk in the park by any means, but my doctor says that the posterior fossa decompression is much more painful. Basically have 2 4 inch scars (not sure why he didn't connect them, lol) down the back of my head past C2. Muscles were cut, a part of my skull was removed, and the lamina of c1 was resected by about half. Then they opened up the dura surrounding the brain and sewed in a patch to make it bigger, I was pretty low on spinal fluid for a while. It was pretty brutal. Thanks again for the support.


This pic was about 3 days after the operation.
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Chiari 1 malformation - successful surgery 1-22-09
C5-6 herniation (extrusion) with moderate central canal stenosis and bilateral foraminal stenosis.
Prodisc-C @ C5-6 surgery on 5/28/09
VATS thoracic fusion @ T3-4 and T6-7 on 9/11/09
Fusion w/cage @ C7-T1 on 11/12/09
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