I am going to a specialist hopefully soon. I have to go to my rehab doc first to get referred to him, because he won't take just anyone. I'm just in a ton of pain and want it to stop. I'm so afraid of losing the little bit of flexability, let alone being a quad again. I had 3 surgeries between the end of may and beginning of july. First he put a cage to replace a couple of vertebrae's mid T sec, then I ended up with 2 more cages and rods in t and l spine, then finally on my bday in beginning of july, he had to remove a screw too close to my aeorta. Waking up on a vent scares the crap out of me since I had gotten damage to my vocal cords the first time I was on one and had to get surgery to get my voice back. This all scares the hell out of me in general not even considering being put to sleep for a 9 plus hour surgery.
Stacy ----- Original Message ---- From: RONALD L PRACHT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:46:31 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Spinal surgeries B4 I would do any surgery on my spine I would get three opinions and ask about the percentage of failure rate and the possibility of improvement. Then I would investigate it all further then make an educated decision. I say this because you might have 40 yrs or more to live as a quad ........if you get too many surgeries too soon the later years could be a rough go. Surgery is a last resort when your paralyzed. Ron c7 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
