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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 402869" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Thanks for the update. I have also been wondering about you lately. I hope that whatever happens in court is what is best for your difficult child in the long run. </p><p> </p><p>Sorry about husband's back. Back problems are NO FUN, esp when it is due to a disc problem. Do you know how many discs they are fusing at one time? I have had 2 in my neck fused, 2 diff operations. Each time it was important to have someone who could help me the first week or so. If husband uses ANY tobacco products, or if anyone else smokes around him, it WILL slow the healing by weeks. My first surgeon wouldn't take patients who smoked or lived with smokers because their recovery took so much longer that it seemed to create lots of problems. This is true for any time bones need to heal, by the way... Many docs won't tell you and a few don't know, but the research is there to prove it. </p><p></p><p>Many docs don't want you to go anywhere out of your home except to their office during the first few weeks or up to a month. It is because it is terribly hard on your healing spine to ride in a car and if you are in an accident, even what would otherwise be a minor fender bender, then you are in a giant world of hurt. </p><p> </p><p>Be sure to ask about PT afterward, and know that all the stretching/range of motion exercises he can do NOW really will help after the surgery. </p><p> </p><p>If he has any questions, PM and I will answer what I can. I don't know much about how they do it on your lower spine as my fusions were on my neck. I would strongly urge you to NOT have them take bone from his hip to use in the fusion. Donor bone is a LOT better in the long run. I was told that where they take the bone is an area that isn't weight bearing and won't contribute to hip fractures, but my current docs want to know who would even think that. Everyone I know who had bone taken from their hip has had some degree of hip pain that lasts for decades past the surgery, and if arthritis sets in it gets worse. I had the 2nd one done with donor bone and have had no problems from it at all. </p><p> </p><p>(((((hugs)))))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 402869, member: 1233"] Thanks for the update. I have also been wondering about you lately. I hope that whatever happens in court is what is best for your difficult child in the long run. Sorry about husband's back. Back problems are NO FUN, esp when it is due to a disc problem. Do you know how many discs they are fusing at one time? I have had 2 in my neck fused, 2 diff operations. Each time it was important to have someone who could help me the first week or so. If husband uses ANY tobacco products, or if anyone else smokes around him, it WILL slow the healing by weeks. My first surgeon wouldn't take patients who smoked or lived with smokers because their recovery took so much longer that it seemed to create lots of problems. This is true for any time bones need to heal, by the way... Many docs won't tell you and a few don't know, but the research is there to prove it. Many docs don't want you to go anywhere out of your home except to their office during the first few weeks or up to a month. It is because it is terribly hard on your healing spine to ride in a car and if you are in an accident, even what would otherwise be a minor fender bender, then you are in a giant world of hurt. Be sure to ask about PT afterward, and know that all the stretching/range of motion exercises he can do NOW really will help after the surgery. If he has any questions, PM and I will answer what I can. I don't know much about how they do it on your lower spine as my fusions were on my neck. I would strongly urge you to NOT have them take bone from his hip to use in the fusion. Donor bone is a LOT better in the long run. I was told that where they take the bone is an area that isn't weight bearing and won't contribute to hip fractures, but my current docs want to know who would even think that. Everyone I know who had bone taken from their hip has had some degree of hip pain that lasts for decades past the surgery, and if arthritis sets in it gets worse. I had the 2nd one done with donor bone and have had no problems from it at all. (((((hugs))))) [/QUOTE]
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