My appt. at UCSF

June 4, 2009

Hello,

This is . I had posted as a newbie about a month ago (under the

jdsbrqa1234 profile--which due to issues, I changed).

My story: fusion t10-l5 with Harrington Rod in 1980.... no problems since... I'm

43 now. My hobby has been running; ran a few marathons and have kept in shape.

Had aches/pains here and there, but thought it was due to running. Then in the

past 6+mo I started to have more serious pain, which eventually led to this

group.

So...

I had my new patient appt. at UCSF this past Wed.

It went well and and it was very informative for my particular condition and

just many more details about flatback.

First I have to say that I'm still amazed as to how bent forward I am and that I

never truly noticed... I even found out that I have a leg longer than the other

(I had thought all my life that it was the scoli). How my body compensated for

all this is amazing to me, and how it managed to fool me.... I have no other way

to describe my surprise at all this.

I got a lot of information... some that unfortunately I did not write down and

will have to ask again....

The surgery, if/when I choose to do, would be the A/P surgery with fusion to

sacrum.

There is no hurry in my case. My episode of pain that happened back in

Jan-March, has gone down.

I get nighttime pain on/off, and much less frequent daytime " shooting " pains. So

overall pain is ok.

However, the Dr. thinks this is something I would probably have to do sooner or

later -- whenever I'm ready. That although my body has

compensated very well, eventually as I age, my hips, the one disc, etc... will

not be able to hold.

That is the part that I really need to understand better, given that my body has

been so good to me and I feel like I will be " 32 " forever...

Anyways, it feels good to know... and I have a lot to think about.

I'm happy to share this with you. Thank you.

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