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11-13-2008, 10:12 AM #1
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For 3 days, I get to part of a thousand other journeys.
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11-13-2008, 10:18 AM #2
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Snap - glad to hear the recovery is going well. Have a good night's sleep in your own bed.
Beth
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11-13-2008, 06:02 PM #3
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Not fair - I had to wear mine for ~ 6 weeks!
Seriously - big congrats. Let me know if your neck feels longer - mine did.
To train a dog, you must be more interesting than dirt.
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11-13-2008, 06:08 PM #4
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Oh yeah, neck feels stretched! I wonder what my height is, last time at the dr's it was 5' 5 1/2", maybe I'm back to 5' 6" now.
I still have to wear the collar if I go out -- riding in a car, walking. He said to slowly wean myself off of it. I find my neck gets sore after having it off for about an hour.
Dogmama, do you have hardware in your neck too? Maybe that's why I don't have to stay collared for 6+ weeks. Pic below, not my neck, I actually have 3 screws, this one only has 2.
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11-13-2008, 06:19 PM #5
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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?To train a dog, you must be more interesting than dirt.
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11-13-2008, 07:22 PM #6
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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.
Originally Posted by Dogmama
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?
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11-13-2008, 07:34 PM #7
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cool
That's way cool! So if i donate my body to science after I leave the planet, this is one benefit to someone else. Funky!
I certainly hope the US TSA acknowledges the x-ray cards etc..!!! Dogm, have you ever been hassled when you set the airport x-ray machine off??
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