[jsewell]

My countdown is in progress , i am having spine surgery #10 on Monday Sept 9th. It will be an anterior fusion and discectomy of L2 thru L5. My surgeon said my vertebrae have become wedged in that area and are kyphotic instead of the normal lordosis. this has caused me to walk in a more and more hunched over position which effects my breathing as well as my GERD. He is going to hopefully improve my sagittal alignment by 40 degrees or percentage, i forgot now. I am hoping to come out of this in better shape than going in and be able to walk more upright, i really feel like i am walking like a gorilla at this point aside from the extreme soreness it causes in my back muscles. I was going to have a different surgeon do a long fusion with an osteomoty at L3 and fuse to my pelvis, but my surgeon who has done most of my surgery recommended this procedure to see if i can get improvement with this. I will post updates as soon as i get my computer at the hospital if i am coherent enough!!!
Judy