Mike,

Hearing your story has me thinking. I had scoliosis as a kid, i have 2 rods in my back and i am fused from T14-L4 right now. I am having a TON of pain. Its miserable really. it hurts when i breathe, walk, stand, sit, anything. Lots of numbness and sharp pain. I had a CT mylegram done last week and i have broken L5 and S1. So my doc wants to fuse those 2 vertebrate and then fuse my pelvis. I know that there is alot of pain associated with the surgery, im not afraid of that because i have already done it once. What i am afraid of is that i wont ever be able to golf or bowl or do any of the activities that i love. i am athlete. i am on the go all the time. I am curious, how much motion did you lose? My doc is saying that i wont be able to twist at all. He isnt going to restrict me from any activities but he said that i just wont be able to do them. Any insite you have i would really appreciate... i feel quite alone in this situation because it seems like there arent alot of people with GOOD outcomes so it is refreshing to read your story, thanks for posting it!

photo 13 is what he wants to do
photo 12 is what i currently look like. you can see the breaks in the mylegram.

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