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Old 06-25-2003, 10:29 PM   #1
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hoi hon,

hows it goin? i went for braces.....it was horrible! i almost felt bad for the guy... as soon as he walked iin the door i had an anxiety attack& it only got worse after that. he walked into the back pt room& waited for me& my pt had trouble gettin me to get out of the waiting area. she walked to where he was so i very slowly followed her& when i got to the doorway, i just froze literally. i couldnt move& b/f i knew it another attack came. i finally made it to where he was standing but i had such a rought time wh the whole experience even after i got in there. then there problems with the braces& i was really losin it. as soon as he put the left oneon i was almost in tears cuz it was really tight& i could feel how heavy it was. i have a bigger challenge ahead of me than i thought with the stupid things. he took em back to make em bigger& to make them more "flexible" so that my legs wont feel pinned down as much. sigh....
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Old 06-29-2003, 12:11 PM   #2
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are you ok?
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Old 07-08-2003, 05:16 PM   #3
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Hey Andrea~

I just posted to the other thread, but read here about your brace troubles and wanted to say how sorry I am that this has been so difficult for you. God Bless you BIG. Hopefully, they'll be able to make those braces more bearable for you. Getting used to a new brace can be depressing, I know. Just know that I'm continuing to pray for you....hang in there.

Love, Teri
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Spina-bifida occulta; Congenital Scoliosis (dextrorotatory and 'S' curve, 42 thorasic and 57 degrees lumbar); Meningomyelocele (split cord @ L1); Diastematomyelia (re-sectioned at L2-3); tethered cord @ S-3; cysts on cord; various developmental abnormalities of the spine: narrowing of all disk spaces, defects in posterior arches, ectasia of the spinal canal and dura, segmental disease, sclerosis in L. iliac bone and adjacent sacroiliac joint, unilateral osteitis condensans ilium, hypertrophic facet disease L4-5 and L5-S1.

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Lumbar fusion-1968
Fusion with Herrington Rod instrumentation-1970
Femoral osteotomy-1971
Tethered cord release-1987
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Chiari-type pelvic osteotomy-1988
Trochanteric osteotomy-1989
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