Most of my at work life was spent in hospitals as an administrative assistant. Spent many years in risk management/infection control, part of which included reporting adverse medication...
I'm not sure what the "news" stations are reporting, but this is the FDA link: http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm334738.htm From what I have...
Have a question re: forum "how-to's". FDA and MedWatch home page have clarification statements on the new guidelines. It clears up a bit of what the news is reporting but still leaves a lot of...
Straydog, yes, I am doing well. Continue to regroup from the past few years and mighty proud of myself for remaining sane! I saw two other doctors before deciding to go ahead with the ortho doc. One...
Arizona, as far as the drain goes, you probably won't even know it's there. Didn't even feel it when they pulled it out. I'm laughing at the claustrophobic comment from snowbunny. Thought I was the...
Thought it was five levels, but you are correct. To me the surgery was complicated and I would have to read the surgery report again but I believe he removed two disks, fused, placed rods, plates and...
Have been reading this forum for a very long time. Never posted until yesterday. Decided to finally reach out after a very long not so good spell of luck. Will try to keep short. Have been a pain...
Sorry, I am all over the place talking in different threads. Will post an intro. It was a five level cervical fusion/. s...
Thank you Matt. Just hate it when that happens. Will try the copy. Have a tendency to be wordy and didn't feel like typing it all over. Last night was the perfect ending to a really rotten day. s...
Good morning. My six day hospital stay was a bit longer than I expected. Doc said to expect four to five days. Always the optimist, I expected four. Ran a low grade fever for four days and pain...
Enough of this day. Just had a post typed out and it disappeared. Tomorrow will be new and better day. I give up! suz...
Snowbunny - I will answer that in a new post if you don't mind. I'm not good with forum etiquette (can't spell either) and don't want to risk hijacking arizona's thread. Was going to introduce myself...
ArizonaB - From experience I will say have the most immediate problem taken care of first. My own neck problems took a very bad turn because I put off having the surgery for too long. Long story...
I am a long time reader, don't think I have ever posted. Been reading so long, I feel that I know most of the frequent posters. Have been a chronic pain patient for 18 years, on both long and short...