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Forum: iSpine 05-20-2012, 03:13 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 5,541
Posted By eternaloptimist1
Hi Maria I'll be thinking of you when I'm...

Hi Maria

I'll be thinking of you when I'm sitting waiting for my trolley to arrive on the 31st! ........I hope all goes well for you, it sounds a painful op to recover from.
Altered walking...
Forum: iSpine 05-20-2012, 02:30 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 5,541
Posted By eternaloptimist1
3 level cervical fusion due 31st May 2012

Hi everyone

Been a long time since I posted on here, but I've had a lot to sort out, much like everyone else.

I had a lumbar revision L2/S1 with two rods and BMP in April 2010, very...
Forum: iSpine 12-08-2009, 08:04 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,411
Posted By eternaloptimist1
Dynesys screws penetrating anterior vertebral cortex

I have recently learnt that Dynesys screws inserted into my L3/4 vertebrae in 2004 have penetrated the anterior vertebral cortex in several places because they were much too long.
Does anybody have...
Forum: iSpine 11-22-2009, 07:53 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 25,294
Posted By eternaloptimist1
Hi Dale Can't believe these pedicle screws were...

Hi Dale
Can't believe these pedicle screws were put in under "x-ray guidance".....don't these surgeons work out the measurements first?
Think I'll research the Zimmer site and see what they have to...
Forum: iSpine 11-22-2009, 04:17 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 4,644
Posted By eternaloptimist1
Thanks for attaching your images Crystal, they're...

Thanks for attaching your images Crystal, they're fascinating to see but I'm so sorry you've still got pain despite what's happened with the disc fragments. Hope they're wrong about the possible...
Forum: iSpine 11-15-2009, 08:53 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 25,294
Posted By eternaloptimist1
Everything you've said is right! This surgeon...

Everything you've said is right!
This surgeon does know that I'm very well informed on Dynesys and his involvement with it plus the papers he's written that are available on the web but he still...
Forum: iSpine 11-10-2009, 08:05 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 25,294
Posted By eternaloptimist1
It's the arrogance and conceit of this man that...

It's the arrogance and conceit of this man that sticks in my craw. From what I've heard it's not uncommon in the UK for this attitude to prevail towards people with spinal problems but when there's...
Forum: iSpine 11-09-2009, 06:34 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 25,294
Posted By eternaloptimist1
Hi dshobbies I'm paying privately with the...

Hi dshobbies

I'm paying privately with the new surgeon but all the previous consultants have been NHS except the initial consultations with "psychosurgeon" so I couldn't apply that strategy....
Forum: iSpine 11-09-2009, 08:58 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 25,294
Posted By eternaloptimist1
Thumbs up Hi Katie I hope you win your appeal. How on...

Hi Katie
I hope you win your appeal. How on earth can they let you go on like that with severe cord compression? It's yet another horror story. You must be very frightened like me that patients can...
Forum: iSpine 11-08-2009, 08:09 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 5,626
Posted By eternaloptimist1
Thumbs up Good Luck Fuzzy, I'll be following your progress,

Good Luck Fuzzy, I'll be following your progress,
Forum: iSpine 11-08-2009, 07:53 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 25,294
Posted By eternaloptimist1
Hi Fuzzy and Katie Thankyou for writing and...

Hi Fuzzy and Katie

Thankyou for writing and I can see you've both been through a heck of a lot too.
I think it was my sense of indignation that constantly fired me up to keep up the quest for an...
Forum: iSpine 11-06-2009, 09:55 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 25,294
Posted By eternaloptimist1
Hi dshobbies and Maria Thankyou so much for...

Hi dshobbies and Maria
Thankyou so much for your support and best wishes
It's been a long long journey and I'm not "out of the woods" yet where actually getting the first lot of surgery done is...
Forum: iSpine 11-05-2009, 09:20 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 25,294
Posted By eternaloptimist1
Diagnosis after two and a half years.............

I started this thread in June 2007. Only this week have I finally been given a diagnosis for the leg weakness and pain I've had since then. I finally gave up on the major London neurology hospital as...
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