2 week post-op update
Hi Everyone, I got an excellent prognosis today at my 2 week post-op from my right SI joint fusion. I still have 4 more weeks on the crutches, but the doctor said "a little bit of cheating is ok." I see him again in 6 weeks, and at 12 weeks I'll have another cat scan to check on the prognosis of the fusion. It is typically healed/fused by 12 weeks. Overall, my back pain is all but gone, minus some surgical pain. Unfortunately, I am guessing, perhaps due to all the sitting I have done, my neck is killing me. I have a heat wrap on it right now, but it is REALLY bad. I feel nauseous. It got worse after I left the doctor's office and got home. It feels like my head weighs a million pounds. Could this be sinus making my neck so stiff and feeling so nauseous? I'm kinda scared. My husband just left for New York for the week and I don't know what to do. Can anyone give me some immediate advice to try and calm things down? No tingling or anything, just nauseating pain. I'm gonna lay down. Could anything else be causing this?
Cindylou
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bicycle accident 6/01: 2 compression fractures @ T12-L1; vertibroplasty; 4/06: right hip labral tear & arthroscopic repair; 4/07: lumbar prodiscs @ 3 levels, L3-6 by Dr. Bertagnoli; 7/02/08: ALIF L6-S1; 7/30/08: reopened to remove bone cement, leaked onto S1 nerve root; 8/08: pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, pleurisy, pleural effusion; ALIF fusion complete; 3/10/09: SI Joint Fusion by Dr. Stark; Jury still out.
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Cindylou's Surgery Went Well
03-18-2009, 06:46 PM
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