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Hi Bernie,
I had two surgeries--on day 1, I had a bilateral sacroilliac fusion due to arthritis. ( only 1 hour)
On the next day, I had
a spinal fusion from T10 to my Pelvis, with a 3 rod construct. One of the rods was attached to my existing Harrington Rod. (11 hours long)
The surgeon said my spine was very complex--with dural deficiencies, a problematic Tarlov Cyst, severe stenosis, radicular pain, severe deformity due to Scoliosis, scar tissue, Sagittal Imbalance, Bertolotti's, etc. Everything was corrected! Just some residual nerve pain in my right leg that should go away.
Fortunately, it sounds like your back is not as bad as mine was. 🙏

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@nlback22 Hey Nadine!! I was just reading through some of the recent message strings and thought of you. How are you healing?
I’m at a little over 8 1/2 months and really starting to do pretty well.
Wishing you the best!! Sherry