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@sksdl I also get nauseated from anesthesia, but there is a patch that the anesthesiologist can...
I had my hardware removed a month ago ... I still have healing pain, but it is ... I would ask if hardware can be removed ... and spine hardware can be removed then ... My surgeon told me it heals best with
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Oct 21, 2021
@ktrammell1 Hi Karen. It is hard to wait for surgery when you are in pain. I...
It is hard to wait for surgery when ... happened during the injury is still not healed ... I chose not to have hardware on my spine ... in the house (like laundry) as you recover ... is directing all your energy toward healing
@migizii. I’m not sure how to help as I’ve been on a roller coaster since having...
It took about 9 months to heal the fractures-alternating ... Fusion surgery in 2020 and removal of ... hardware in 2021.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Aug 15, 2021
@dancermurphy Can you share what type of neck surgery you had? I am a spine surgery...
fusion began because I don't have hardware ... higher because it's part of the healing ... confront my fears, and I was able to recover ... Pain is a normal pain of healing. ... can join the discussion on Art for Healing
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Mar 26, 2019
@eddiestella1 Absolutely hardware can cause pain. I am a cervical fusion patient, but I did that...
@eddiestella1 Absolutely hardware ... cervical fusion patient, but I did that surgery ... without getting hardware, but when ... I had the hardware removed after I was ... healed more than a year and all of
Posted: Aug 5, 2023
@kdurham I have had problems with metals in my body causing an immune reaction. I did...
I did elect to have titanium hardware ... removed after I healed from an ankle ... After removing the hardware, those issues ... both dental work and the surgical hardware ... I am a spine surgery patient too, but
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 17, 2022
@upstatephil Here's what I know about removing surgical hardware. I had plates and screws removed from...
Of course healing an ankle fracture ... my cervical spine surgery, and in saying ... that, my spine surgery was a single ... level simple anterior ACDF surgery ... Judging after everything was healed,
1993 I had a cervical fusion with no hardware. Sensitivity to collared shirts and necklaces but...
Posterior hardware removed the following ... The muscles were twisted so another surgery ... that unfortunately removed “steak sized ... the doctor for a short time but it heals ... Hope for healing. Theresa
I had a crainiotomy Aug 2023 in the south for a left frontal meningioma pressing on...
Immediate MRI and surgery - It was resected ... The hardware implanted in the bone flap ... Had a washout surgery for infection ... Extreme headaches required removal of ... Flap had not healed to surrounding bone
Support Group: Brain Tumor
Posted: May 10 2:20pm
@upstatephil Phil, that is a fantastic reply, so thank you! I hope I wasn't putting you...
space the thickness of a disc that was removed ... body was directing all my energy to healing ... of the body to do it's magic in healing ... because I asked for a fusion without hardware ... different in what we need and how we recover
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 20 2:23pm
I would add that it is important to keep track of your incision. Mine became infected,...
infected, the reason being infected hardware ... which then had to be removed before ... bone flap could heal. ... happen - even after weeks from the surgery
Support Group: Brain Tumor
Posted: Apr 25 10:06am
@barbjo I can understand how you are in some uncharted territory wondering what your skin will...
fix the ankle in place with surgical hardware ... in the 2nd surgery. ... The 3rd surgery was to remove the hardware ... a couple months after the cast was removed ... My husband also had melanoma removed
Support Group: Cancer
Posted: May 24, 2022