[jsewell]

My spine battle does not seem to have one factor in it, just a series of bad luck and maybe some weak bones thrown in there. I first had severe degeneration in my cervical spine which ended with weakness in my left arm when my surgeon said it was time for surgery after the conservative measures had been exhausted. that was fusion of C4 thru C7. Then i started having some pretty bad pain at certain times when i had run uphill for like an hour. At first rurning around stopped the pain , at the point of surgery maybe 2 years later i couldn't even make it through the flat grocery store without needing to leave in pain., I had discography to prove that some discs in thoracic area needed to be removed. It just went on from there, I have had lots of fractures, big and small, developed severe kyphosis in my spine that was effecting my lung capacity. I already had damage through the doc who did the thoracic surgery damaging the nerve that controls the diaphragm muscle so i didn't tolerate any more. Then i needed extensive surgery to repair a bad broken neck i suffered. I won't bore you with them all, i probably already did. But they are all kind of for different reasons and none were adr's as i already have osteopenia.

Anyway thank you for the thoughts for Monday, i am kind of excited and kind of scared, i have never had anterior surgery so it is all new to me!!!