Quote Originally Posted by Dogmama View Post
Yup, I have hardware and an x-ray card to carry through airport security. They fused it with bone from my hip - you too? They fused C4-C6. I have lupus & sometimes that can mess with healing - if my body thinks the fusion is an enemy & decides to attack it - thankfully that didn't happen & that's a prime reason I used my own bone.

My doc tends to be anal retentive - he admits it. Orthopaedic surgery = sterile carpentry.

When do you start physical therapy?
Supposedly mine shouldn't set off the airport security, - guess I'll find out someday. My doc recomended cadaver bone for me, already cut, sized and sterilized. He knew I had enough with the pain, the hip harvesting would have put me over the edge.

Dr B won't let me think about PT until about 8 weeks out - so probably January? What kind of stuff do they do for therapy?