Hi Everyone

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Hi Group,

It has been a long while since I have had time to check in. I have

been really busy helping my 33yr old son raise his 2 sons. One is

age 5, the other is 2. He has been a single parent for about a

year. I saw the e mail from Cam regarding the trip & thought I would

drop by to say hello. The meeting place sounds wonderful, and very

reasonable. North Carolia is not too far from PA, at least it is

alot closer than Las Vegas.

I was checking out the posts to see if anyone else that has had the

revision surgery has the problems I am now experiencing. My surgery

was done on June 8th, 2005 by Dr Boachie. I am fused to the sacrum

with rods going from T11 to my sacrum. I have had a really good

result. I am now straight and have a good deal less pain than I had

before. I have noticed though that when I do alot of walking and

standing that I bend over from my upper back. Kind of looks like if

I could not straighten up I would have a hunch back. I also hear or

feel all kinds of popping sounds and feelings in my back when I bend

over. It is very hard to describe. The last couple of days the

muscles in my upper back have gotten very sore. In fact it feels

like I have a stiff neck right above my left shoulder blade. when I

try and turn my head I get a real shot of pain in that area. This is

really the most pain I have had since recovering from the surgery.

If anyone is experiencing anything like this could you please let me

know. I am due to see Dr Boachie for another post op check up so I

will ask him about this but in the meantime I wanted to ask the group.

I am going to really try and make it to the groups meeting so I can

meet everyone. It will really be delightful meeting some of you that

I have known for years, face to face.

Thanks for any input you can give me.

Diane B