Re: Re: -Suzie and others INTERESTING QUESTION--SB? who else?

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Hi Kathy! Interesting! I, too, was in a "fairly bad car wreck." In 1997, I was driving my teeny tiny fuel efficient Toyota and was broadsided by a cell phone using driver in an SUV. I sustained neck and pelvic fractures. It was at that time that I was told about the flatback. Dr. Glazer felt that the accient certainly "did not help" matters.

Kim

In a message dated 4/5/06 11:34:02 AM, txbluebelle@... writes:

Suzie brings to mind that there have been several OTHERS who have

been in fairly bad car wrecks. I am wondering how many of us have?

and if that might be a contributing factor to having problems with

our surgery?

When I was in my early 20s we were rear ended by a logging truck! My

fusion held and looked fine on xrays. I had a severe whiplash and

lower lumbar strain.

Kathy

P.S. Cam--I wish there were a better way we could do a poll on this.

I'm still not sure I did that other poll right.

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> What did you have done? At this point I would like a boob job, a

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> lift, a tummy tuck and varicose vein surgery!!!!! 50 in 2

> months ...yikes!! :-))) 

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[Guest guest]

Hey Kam~ Its funny (okay not so funny actually) but when I had my accident in 87 the doctors called my parents and told them I wouldn't make it through the night...I was lying only about 3 feet fom the nurse that made that phone call, and the only thing I could think of was oh my god my poor parents not only did they watch me struggle through that spinal surgery, now, I was going to die. I can remember thinking how unfair for them, that they would never have grandchildren from me and that it seemed so cruel. Luckily, the doctors were proven wrong on several occasions in the next few months. But the one thing that I still do question is weather my back really did come through as well as they orriginally thought. I went to see Dr Keim once I was out of the woods so to speak and there was alot of discussion that my back really was the only part of my body that escaped injury. I heard that from many different doctors during

those first few years but always had trouble with it just nothing ever came of the pain...other things took major priority I suppose since the obvious things with my back looked good, ie: no broken rod etc...I can remember being told it was the fusion that made it so solid and safe from major injury. Either way I know that I was a very lucky young lady! Hope you have a great night, Kam!! Suzieadvokam <advokam@...> wrote: My accidents weren't nearly as severe as some that have been mentioned, but as I have reported before, I slipped on the sleet-covered stairs of my front porch in 1996 and was doubly rear-ended in a small pickup (head hit the back glass twice) in December 1998. I did get a reasonable settlement out of the car accident, but it took awhile for my neck and

shoulders to quit spasming (is spasming a word?). I haven't thought about how that last accident might have contributed to progression in pain; I usually blame the Advanced Tae Bo.kam

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