Re: post-op surgery

[Guest guest]

Hi ...

I know of two other people who had this happen to them. In both

cases, unfortunately, it was a problem with their fusions which had to

be redone. If your surgeon is not responding, I would encourage you

to get another opinion.

Regards,

>

> Hi everyone,

> I had my surgery on 5/16/06 I am fused from T7 to L5. My problem is

> that I can not walk straight. I walk bent over like an old woman and

> lean to the right side. My doctor said it was due to my muscle. I am

> starting not to agree with him. Has anyone experienced this after

> surgery and if so how long until walking correctly? It is very painful

> for me to try to stand straight and it feels like there is something

> stopping me from doing it. I am starting to get very depressed over the

> whole deal. Can some one help?

>

> Simms

>

[Guest guest]

Have you done physical therapy since your surgery? If not, then I am

surprised your surgeon did not recommend it since he says it is a muscle

problem. If you have & it gave you no improvement then in your position

I would get the opinion of another doctor.

Sorry you are having a hard time. Surgery itself is difficult enough

without having these troubles afterward.

[Guest guest]

.I haven't posted in several months but your message got my attention.

I also walk bent over and to the right..It has been bcoming progressively

worse..Had my rods put in , in Jan.2000 and before that I was in pain but at

least I walked fairly straight....It is extremely painful at times

especially when I try to walk " not " bent over ..

Jill

-- post-op surgery

Hi everyone,

I had my surgery on 5/16/06 I am fused from T7 to L5. My problem is

that I can not walk straight. I walk bent over like an old woman and

lean to the right side. My doctor said it was due to my muscle. I am

starting not to agree with him. Has anyone experienced this after

surgery and if so how long until walking correctly? It is very painful

for me to try to stand straight and it feels like there is something

stopping me from doing it. I am starting to get very depressed over the

whole deal. Can some one help?

Simms

[Guest guest]

I'd be concerned. I had the same problem (except no pain) about 4

weeks after one surgery with Dr. Hu in San Francisco. They did

several X-rays, and determined that one of the screws had come

loose. They had to go back and take that hardware out, put new

hardware in, and fuse it again.

Please get a second opinion!

NB

( in Oakland)

At 05:07 PM 8/2/2006, Jill wrote:

>-- post-op surgery

>

>Hi everyone,

>I had my surgery on 5/16/06 I am fused from T7 to L5. My problem is

>that I can not walk straight. I walk bent over like an old woman and

>lean to the right side. My doctor said it was due to my muscle. I am

>starting not to agree with him. Has anyone experienced this after

>surgery and if so how long until walking correctly? It is very painful

>for me to try to stand straight and it feels like there is something

>stopping me from doing it. I am starting to get very depressed over the

>whole deal. Can some one help?

>

> Simms

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Jill,

After your surgery did you walk straight? If so what happened to

cause you to walk bent over and to the right? I thought that after

surgery, once I recovered from the pain everything would be fine. I

never thought that I would be walking this way and still in a great

deal of pain 3 months after surgery. I want to thank everyone for

their advice. I am seeing my doctor on the 24 th of this month. I

want to be normal again.

-- In Scoliosis Treatment , " Jill " <jhorn42@...> wrote:

>

> .I haven't posted in several months but your message got my

attention.

> I also walk bent over and to the right..It has been bcoming

progressively

> worse..Had my rods put in , in Jan.2000 and before that I was in

pain but at

> least I walked fairly straight....It is extremely painful at times

> especially when I try to walk " not " bent over ..

> Jill

>

> -- post-op surgery

>

> Hi everyone,

> I had my surgery on 5/16/06 I am fused from T7 to L5. My problem is

> that I can not walk straight. I walk bent over like an old woman

and

> lean to the right side. My doctor said it was due to my muscle. I

am

> starting not to agree with him. Has anyone experienced this after

> surgery and if so how long until walking correctly? It is very

painful

> for me to try to stand straight and it feels like there is

something

> stopping me from doing it. I am starting to get very depressed over

the

> whole deal. Can some one help?

>

> Simms

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

..I always walked a little bent over after the surgery but I thought it

was because I was compensating for the pain ..It has become progressively

worse over the years along with the pain..I am up to 90 mg 3x a day of ms

contin and 30mg every 2 hours of morphine when needed..

I have been back to the specialist several times and they never give me any

answers..I'm told basically that I would just have to live with the pain..I

do have my good days when it is bearable but as soon as I do most things the

pain starts up..Everything I do I do sitting down..I also have a large hard

bone shaped bulge that is highly visible that no one can explain..They have

ran all kids of tests and it never shows up but you can see it ..Hopefully

the doctors will have some answers for you where they didn't for me..

Jill

-- post-op surgery

>

> Hi everyone,

> I had my surgery on 5/16/06 I am fused from T7 to L5. My problem is

> that I can not walk straight. I walk bent over like an old woman

and

> lean to the right side. My doctor said it was due to my muscle. I

am

> starting not to agree with him. Has anyone experienced this after

> surgery and if so how long until walking correctly? It is very

painful

> for me to try to stand straight and it feels like there is

something

> stopping me from doing it. I am starting to get very depressed over

the

> whole deal. Can some one help?

>

> Simms

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Jill...

Where is the bulge?

--

>

> ..I always walked a little bent over after the surgery but I

thought it

> was because I was compensating for the pain ..It has become

progressively

> worse over the years along with the pain..I am up to 90 mg 3x a day

of ms

> contin and 30mg every 2 hours of morphine when needed..

> I have been back to the specialist several times and they never give

me any

> answers..I'm told basically that I would just have to live with the

pain..I

> do have my good days when it is bearable but as soon as I do most

things the

> pain starts up..Everything I do I do sitting down..I also have a

large hard

> bone shaped bulge that is highly visible that no one can

explain..They have

> ran all kids of tests and it never shows up but you can see it

...Hopefully

> the doctors will have some answers for you where they didn't for me..

> Jill

[Guest guest]

Hi ..The bulge is on the far left hand side in my lower back ..It

almost looks like a rod sticking out and it is extremely hard...At first the

doctor thought it was a rod or bone pressing on the skin but nothing

continues to show up..I cannot sit back in a chair and anytime I'm in the

car or for that matter sitting anywhere I have to put a piece of foam behind

it because it becomes very painful..

Jill

-- Re: post-op surgery

Hi Jill...

Where is the bulge?

--

>

> ..I always walked a little bent over after the surgery but I

thought it

> was because I was compensating for the pain ..It has become

progressively

> worse over the years along with the pain..I am up to 90 mg 3x a day

of ms

> contin and 30mg every 2 hours of morphine when needed..

> I have been back to the specialist several times and they never give

me any

> answers..I'm told basically that I would just have to live with the

pain..I

> do have my good days when it is bearable but as soon as I do most

things the

> pain starts up..Everything I do I do sitting down..I also have a

large hard

> bone shaped bulge that is highly visible that no one can

explain..They have

> ran all kids of tests and it never shows up but you can see it

.....Hopefully

> the doctors will have some answers for you where they didn't for me..

> Jill

[Guest guest]

Jill,

Have them x-ray you from the side. My rod broke in Sept. (many

yearas ago) Hopkins kept x-raying it and nothing showed up. After

8 months a lump appeared. I went back to Hopkins and they x-rayed

from the side and found the broken rod. I had been telling them it

broke. Good luck!

(VA)

[Guest guest]

Thanks so much..I will give that information to my doctor at my next visit.

So even though I had an MRI and a cat scan you don't think would have showed

up?..I guess they probably don't show everything there is to be seen..Were

you in a lot of pain when your rod broke?

Jill (Canada)

-- Re: post-op surgery

Jill,

Have them x-ray you from the side. My rod broke in Sept. (many

yearas ago) Hopkins kept x-raying it and nothing showed up. After

8 months a lump appeared. I went back to Hopkins and they x-rayed

from the side and found the broken rod. I had been telling them it

broke. Good luck!

(VA)

[Guest guest]

Yes, I had awful pain from the time my rod broke (Sept.) until May

when it started poking out creating a lump. I thought I had a CT

scan but it was in 1983 and hard to remember.