Hey all. What a few months. I broke my back. Of all ways, I was transferring
into my wheelchair. I didn't fall as one would guess. I grabbed the wheels to
pull myself the rest of the way and it snapped at T 11. For those of you who
don't know I got encephalomyelitis 6 yrs ago and left damage at T7. It hurt
like hell even though it was below my level. I was shipped to Hopkins and had
a rod put in my back. It turned out that I had osteomyelitis in my spinal
column. A month later a cat scan revealed that he didn't get it all. Another
rod and another cage in the lumbar area on top of nerves being snipped.
Finally another surgery on my bday of all days July 3 to remove a screw that
was too close to my aorta. The neurosurgeon feared erosion and it would come
loose.
I went ahead and had surgery on the pressure sore AGAIN! I had spoke with a
reconstructive surgeon at Hopkins a few weeks before I snapped my back. I had
several tests done that revealed that there was an underlying problem with the
bone so I had some of it removed. I combined the last surgery. It should have
healed in only a few weeks because he used triple stitching in layers. The
skin healed but came apart again. I had to go back to Hopkins from rehab and
ended up getting another surgery. He said that he didn't even see the
dissolving stitches that should have lasted a few months. Now I'm home and on
bed rest. It's been a month. He took the stitches out and there is still some
drainage that he knows about but the pain can be extreme. I know I will end up
calling him next week.
I have definatly gone backwards. I have lost my balance, used to be able to
sit up in bed, and I have lost my transfer ability that I got back slightly. I
also have lost all stregnth that I am not allowed to work on until my spinal
restrictions are lifted. On top of it all, I found out that I carry VRE in my
wound. I am not sure if its in my intestines or not but my bowels started
messing up since about a week after my last surgery. I'm not sure its the VRE
or the zyvox I'm taking. I havent had it in a few days so I wonder why they
are acting up. I'm taking iron twice a day and that isnt even slowing them
down. Does anyone know about this? I'm going to the doctors next week but
there isn't information like a fellow person that has been through it.
Any help would be appreciated,
Stacy
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