Benlugia
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yes, thats right. surgery. what do i mean? two weeks ago, i found out that i will be having back surgery.
i was born with scoliosis on my lower back, and over the past 4 years, it has developed from a 31 degree curve to a 48 degree curve. am i thrilled? not...really. considering for the past 4 years, i have been wearing a back brace nightly (as instructed by the doctor. however, this is nobody's fault--i just got unlucky).
so, i found all this out about 2 weeks ago--pretty earthshaking to me, considering i have never had surgery before. anyway, he says that i will have surgery in the summer. however, 2 days later, me and my dad (who happens to be a doctor) were discussing this and we decided it would be better for me to have surgery in december. next year, i am going to college--i won't really be able to recover fully after the surgery if i had it next summer.
so, whats the date for the surgery? december 12th. i will be in the hospital for about a week, and i will have a month's leave from school.
what exactly are they doing? well, i understood and was able to remember most of it--it was pretty tough for me to absorb this whole concept. basically, they are gonna knock me out, cut open my back, cut open my hip, shave off part of my hip, use the bone from the hip to fuse with my spine, put some screws and a titanium rod in to make things all...straight, and sew me up. after this, i should be 100% healed of scoliosis and i will probably be about 1 or 2 inches taller than i am now.
how long's the recovery? about 6 months until i stop feeling pain. just in time for nationals.
because of the whole hospital-week thing, i'll miss a week of the interweb, meaning, i wont be on the 'gym until i get back home. try not to keep me TOO much in the dark. :wink:
why am i posting all this about myself? well, i feel i have been closer to the pokegym than any other site out there.
this is a big change that'll affect me for the rest of my life, and i'll have to go with it.
i was born with scoliosis on my lower back, and over the past 4 years, it has developed from a 31 degree curve to a 48 degree curve. am i thrilled? not...really. considering for the past 4 years, i have been wearing a back brace nightly (as instructed by the doctor. however, this is nobody's fault--i just got unlucky).
so, i found all this out about 2 weeks ago--pretty earthshaking to me, considering i have never had surgery before. anyway, he says that i will have surgery in the summer. however, 2 days later, me and my dad (who happens to be a doctor) were discussing this and we decided it would be better for me to have surgery in december. next year, i am going to college--i won't really be able to recover fully after the surgery if i had it next summer.
so, whats the date for the surgery? december 12th. i will be in the hospital for about a week, and i will have a month's leave from school.
what exactly are they doing? well, i understood and was able to remember most of it--it was pretty tough for me to absorb this whole concept. basically, they are gonna knock me out, cut open my back, cut open my hip, shave off part of my hip, use the bone from the hip to fuse with my spine, put some screws and a titanium rod in to make things all...straight, and sew me up. after this, i should be 100% healed of scoliosis and i will probably be about 1 or 2 inches taller than i am now.
how long's the recovery? about 6 months until i stop feeling pain. just in time for nationals.
because of the whole hospital-week thing, i'll miss a week of the interweb, meaning, i wont be on the 'gym until i get back home. try not to keep me TOO much in the dark. :wink:
why am i posting all this about myself? well, i feel i have been closer to the pokegym than any other site out there.
this is a big change that'll affect me for the rest of my life, and i'll have to go with it.
