My Single Mom Life

I had my appointment with Doc Moreno today.
My x-rays look awesome. We couldn't get copies cuz they are full body but sis took pics with her digital and she's going to upload and email them to me.

He said he's not sure what the clicking and ache is with my right hip but to just keep an eye on it and if it's still doing it in a month, to call him back an we'll x-ray again.

He said I do stuff too fast. I know this.
I got up from my chair fast, walked fast to the x-ray room, sat down fast.
He said it all looks good but I'm too fast. I know I am but after all these years of sitting on my ass, on days when I feel good, I want to just 'go'.
He told me I need to slow it down a bit because if it is that screw in my SI joint causing me all that pain, that doing stuff too fast might loosen it and we don't want that.

The only exercise I am allowed to do is walking. That's it.
So much for trying to do scissor kicks and other tummy toners.
He said in a few more months, I can do a stationary bike.
He also said the brace can come off in June. Yay!!!

He's prescribing me a bone growth stimulator too. It helps your bones fuse faster. He's sending it directly to the insurance company himself so that they can't turn me down for it. He said most insurance doesn't turn it down because they know that patients who use them have a less chance of the fusion not taking.

He's using my case as his presentation when he does conferences because my case was so extreme. The lack of pedicules and the loss of discs and nerve damage I had, are all things a lot of surgeons have trouble with and is the number one reason I was turned down by all the other surgeons I had seen. He said he spoke with one of the surgeons I had seen who is a member of the spine institute and had turned me down. That surgeon told him that all the problems I had are the reason he wouldn't do it. He didn't know if it would take and if he could do it but Doc Moreno told him he did it and found ways around my lack of pedicules and ways to fix all the nerve and disc damage.
So now when he does conferences with other scoliosis surgeons, he presents my case to them and is teaching other surgeons how to do extreme cases.
He asked my permission to go further in depth with how much of my personal history he talks about.
He has just been using generic information about me, 36 yr. old female, 2 natural childbirths and the information about my spine. He asked if he could go further by using my name and my own birth history, my being adopted and what little information I knew about my birth parents. He thinks it's all crucial information to better help understand why my spine was as messed up as it was.
He's going to use my case to teach others.
That's pretty cool.

I don't have to go back for 6 months but if I have any problems at all between now and then, to call him immediately.
He just wants me to take it slow and just heal. Take the supplements I have been taking, the cal/mag/zinc tablets he said are a great idea and to keep it up.
As far as the nerve issues in my thighs and back, he said if it tingles and feels pin pricky, it's a good sign. It simply means the nerves are regrowing. I told him that I can't feel anything in my back at all unless you really slap it. I can't feel touches or anything. He said it will take much more time for the nerves to regrow there because that is where I was cut open and the layers of skin need to heal and grow.
My incisions all look great though. That one section where it was open wounds and infected are all closed up and healing finally but it looks great.

So there we are. I'm doing good, healing nicely and I need to slow it down.
I'm frigging exhausted though. Riding in the car is really hard, I get super stiff and it's such a long ride to and from.
I went and got my meds refilled, they upped my med count so I don't have to keep requesting refills every two weeks and to not worry about those. When I run out, simply place the request on-line again and they'll mail it out that day. He doesn't expect me to be off pain meds until November which is when my 6 month appointment is or maybe even longer. It's just one of those things you can never really know about.
Some people are on meds their whole lives even though the surgery was successful. *shrug*

Later days.