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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs 09-13-2011, 04:30 PM
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Posted By jsewell
it has now been 8 months since my cervical...

it has now been 8 months since my cervical osteotomy and fusion . I am still in a neck brace although i am down to a foam collar. I can take it off when i want if it is too hot or i am going...
Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs 06-22-2011, 05:42 PM
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Posted By jsewell
Dale i am afraid i am way way too independent. I...

Dale i am afraid i am way way too independent. I don't like asking for help at all. I am staying in my room and really in bed and don't need too much. water mostly . I did get everyone , except...
Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs 06-22-2011, 12:49 AM
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Posted By jsewell
Dale I already had the other kind of crutches....

Dale
I already had the other kind of crutches. I am only out of bed to go to the bathroom so it won't matter much this week. Until i go to my first class on sunday. i had signed up for a medical...
Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs 06-19-2011, 06:01 PM
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Posted By jsewell
OK Dale i am working on talking to my body today....

OK Dale i am working on talking to my body today. Surgery # 11 tomorrow . At least i don't get nervous. Only this time about the effect on my spine by using crutches and then walking funny. More...
Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs 06-18-2011, 05:38 PM
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Posted By jsewell
My other new problem i wanted to ask about. I...

My other new problem i wanted to ask about. I did have my steroid injections on Wednesday. The next day i felt like i was having muscle spasms in my upper chest. I had some short lived ones in my...
Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs 06-13-2011, 11:02 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 8,440
Posted By jsewell
It just seems so funny to me to have all this for...

It just seems so funny to me to have all this for a toe. But as you said, we have no choice. I like to walk on my toe!!! And the pain seems to spread to the rest of my foot when i've been hiking and...
Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs 06-13-2011, 08:27 PM
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Views: 8,440
Posted By jsewell
Hi Dale, Yes i have had knee surgery too....

Hi Dale,
Yes i have had knee surgery too. Cleaning out the joint and microfracture to try to grow some new cartilage. It worked pretty good. I do sometimes have knee pain, but i think the combo of...
Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs 06-12-2011, 08:42 PM
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Posted By jsewell
My toe, i am having a cheilectomy and osteotomy...

My toe, i am having a cheilectomy and osteotomy and removal of 2 bad toenails. The cheilectomy is like a cleaning out of the joint and getting rid of bone spurs that showed up on an xray as well as...
Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs 06-10-2011, 06:31 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 8,440
Posted By jsewell
Thanks for asking Newhere, my breathing problem...

Thanks for asking Newhere,
my breathing problem will remain the same. I thought a neurosurgeon could fix it , but when it came down to scheduling surgery, he said it was too dangerous and he could...
Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs 06-09-2011, 06:23 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 8,440
Posted By jsewell
Newhere, My cervical and thoracic areas are...

Newhere,
My cervical and thoracic areas are great, the lumbar not so good. but only one left to fix.
so that is good for me.
judy
Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs 06-09-2011, 02:40 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 8,440
Posted By jsewell
Thanks for the compliment , Mark, i love helping...

Thanks for the compliment , Mark, i love helping people any way i can. I have been through quite an ordeal . Glad it is over. My spine in the cervical and thoracic areas are fine. My neck had to be...
Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs 06-07-2011, 02:37 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 8,440
Posted By jsewell
that is funny Mark as i just updated last...

that is funny Mark as i just updated last night!!!!

Dog park anyone?
judy
Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs 06-05-2011, 10:16 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 8,440
Posted By jsewell
Lou i first in Sept. last year had surgery for...

Lou i first in Sept. last year had surgery for scoliosis and kyphosis correction which involved fusion from T2 thru L2. Shortly after that my neck just broke. I had already been fused from the front...
Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs 03-05-2011, 04:31 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 8,440
Posted By jsewell
Update at 8 weeks mostly for myself , but maybe...

Update at 8 weeks mostly for myself , but maybe someday someone will be needing a cervical osteotomy and will appreciate this.
I had the ESI's for my lumbar spine 3 days ago, not sure if i am still...
Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs 02-11-2011, 02:33 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 8,440
Posted By jsewell
We will definately keep an eye on them. I figure...

We will definately keep an eye on them. I figure they were not put in properly or the force of my neck trying to get to my chest (chin on chest deformity was what i had). I still have some...
Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs 02-09-2011, 09:29 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 8,440
Posted By jsewell
Thanks for your replies. Always good to hear...

Thanks for your replies. Always good to hear from fellow spineys. He is a great personable doc that really does care. He told me before i do anything with this neurosurgeon he will talk to him...
Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs 02-09-2011, 05:54 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 8,440
Posted By jsewell
Thumbs up 4 weeks after cervical osteotomy and fusion

I saw my surgeon today for my 4 week post op apt.
He is not worried about the loose screws. He said they had very little purchase (learned that from Mark) He put them in there , but that level is...
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