HAVE CREATED A FUSION POLL Bone fusions/nonunions wasBig Day atUNC.

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In a message dated 4/12/2004 3:33:16 PM Eastern Standard Time,

Mdmssmile@... writes:

I wonder what the percentage is in the normal and the EDS population for

nonunions in fusions? My neck (post 6 months) has not totally fused and I used a

bone stimulator 24/7 for the first 3 months.

How about if we make a poll on CEDA's polls (Yahoo Groups) and actually ask

these questions? And then, if need be, we can follow it up with another poll.

It seems to me, that over the years, many people have questioned the same

issue & many of them have done so recently.

It would be much easier than doing it this way. We can just ask if you've

had a non fusion...... maybe pick a few different areas, ask if you used a bone

stimulator, etc., etc., etc.

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OK everybody,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I just became brave & just created a poll. Your

identity is protected, you can check off more then one response & you can see

the results as you vote & go back to the poll on CEDAYahoo Groups, I'm pretty

sure, so you can see the other repsonses as they come in. It is ALL about

fusions & non-fusions , which is really the same as a non-unions. I hope it

works. I tried to set it up as logically as possible.

And then, afterwards, we can follow up with each other, through CEDA or

person to person/offline or online, or whatever.

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Personally, I now have a non fusion in my ankle. It was " supposedly " fused

after 4 months, but when I constantly complained of pain, the Doc decided to

remove the screw (he said the screw can often cause an irritation) & that made

it 100 times worse. Then, after months of complaining, he did X-rays that were

supposedly negative. I said I didn't care, that he had to look more. So he

did an MRI & again it was negative & again I said " Do more. "

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I said that, because, # 1, I don't give up & #2, a CT shows more bone & all

along I said that it was bone pain & it was deep inside. After 50 operations,

I think I know my body & I know what different kinds of pain feel like & what

it generally means & unfortunately, I have never been wrong, although I would

have loved it, if I had been wrong this time.

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The CT showed a 95% non fusion. Then we went with an AFO & that stupid bone

stimulator. He said I could try the bone stimulator for as long as 9 months

(that was in late November) & when the pain continued to worsen, I insisted

after @5 months that he do a repeat CT, to at least see if we were headed in the

correct direction. Believe it or not, he argued with me. He wanted to wait

the 9 months. I won the argument (not a big surprise, huh?) & we recently did

the repeat CT. Well, well, well..... What a surprise..... It now shows a

100% non fusion!!!!! Ask me.... do I want to non fuse his head? I'll let you

know, as I'm due to see him today & if I feel well enough, (due to other

problems), I'll let you know.

But first you should check out the poll. I shall try to create a link to it,

right from this page. You can either click on them or cut & paste the link

in to your top line:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ceda/surveys?id=1204441

Yahoo! Groups : ceda Vote : IF you have had a fusion, did you have a

successful fusion or did you never fuse or did you devel..

If it doesn't work, you can just go to Yahoo.com & go to your groups & you'll

see CEDA & YOU SHOULD CHECK THE POLLS COLUMN ON THE LEFT & then you should

see the poll about non-fusions.

The Poll question is:

" If you have had a fusion, did you have a successful fusion or did you never

fuse or did you develop a non fusion? "

Can you tell I'm not used to doing this??

You may see my votes, I'm really not sure. If you do, simply click on my

boxes & it will take my answers away. And then just go down the list & click

everything that applies TO YOU & be sure to scroll down to the bottom & press

" VOTE " so that your vote counts.

And it will probably show my email address as boop4@..., but it might

say foundit1999@....

I think I did right. At least I tried........

Good luck to all,

Luv Ya,