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Hello. I bring you my latest series.
HOSPITAL BLOGS
Brought to you from the UCSF ICU/Floor, they will portray me as i have rather major surgery, probably will be in a halo for a week, then will finish it off with a second procedure. 3-4 days later I'll be discharged.
My rant on my medical issues can be found here: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?id=211684
I think a lot of what happens in a hospital or after a major surgery isn't terribly well known. I'll try to keep a list of what happens at each time. Being at UCSF, a world class hospital, I'll try and compare it to my prior experiences at other facilities and hospitals. I'll be on really strong morphine tomorrow, and probably the day after, so things may be a little bit off. I'll have a rather long break.
For those of you interested, the surgeons plan on removing bone at the C7 T1 juncture and tilt back my head. My spinal fusion has pseudoarthritis at that juncture, and has fallen forward, contributing to poor posture. From there the two surgeons will pull my head back up. In hte process they will retool my entire spinal fusion, removing screws from low in the fusion, due to the extremely poor placement of the first procedure. In the middle they will fix poorly inserted screws, and they will pull back the head at the top. The surgeon will attempt to affix at C5, and if necessary use a halo to stabilize until the anterior procedure can occur in six days. If not necessary a cervical collar will be used. If inadequate fixture can be achieved, they will fuse from the top of my existing fusion (c5) to T2. I really want to avoid this, but there is around a ten percent chance of it happening.
Around 5 % of being in halo for 4 weeks post op.
My second procedure is anterior. They will remove a frontal plate, and insert a new one bridging the juncture.
They will take bone marrow from the hip in the middle of this. They'll try to fix my neck scar which is big and inflamed.
Anyways, it'll be a while guys. Things should work out, I should be able to resume lifting, I'll go to UCSD in relatively good shape, etc. I'll bring you part 1 as soon as I am coherent post-op.
 
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Best of luck pal. I just applied to UC Davis for medical school - crossing my fingers. I'd love to come out there for school.
I read some of your previous blog. Was it a genetic problem that caused the necessary back surgery? That doctor is an idiot. If there is one thing I've learned in my years as a student, you don't leave something until it reaches the threshold to fix it. If he knew you were approaching a point where your curvature would be deemed abnormal, why the fuck would you wait until it gets there to look into it?
Anyhow, keep us updated. Hope it all goes well!
Edit: did you decide what color to paint your car?
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Best of luck >___< that sounds extremely scary...but yeah, world-class doctors, hope everything goes as well as it can.
So you won't actually be knocked out but just really drugged up? Eek, that's even scarier O_O though tbh as you probably know, problem with being knocked out is that the doctors have to worry about your breathing in that case as well, but it still sounds extremely scary to have this kind of surgery performed while you're semi-conscious...
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No, I have general anestheisa. I'll just have a lot of pain after, hence narcotics.
Yeah, klippel feil syndrome. Genetic.
Previous doctor just got sued for malpractice, which lead UCSF to take over orthopedics for oakland childrens.
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Best of luck mate! Just finished my night shift at the hospital and stumbled over your blog =) Is there any chance that you're going to share some computed tomography or other forms of medical imaging? Keep up the spirit and I'll keep my fingers crossed!
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On June 19 2012 14:54 Harasslehoff wrote:
Best of luck mate! Just finished my night shift at the hospital and stumbled over your blog =) Is there any chance that you're going to share some computed tomography or other forms of medical imaging? Keep up the spirit and I'll keep my fingers crossed!
I will after the visit. I have it, but it's in the car ready to go for tomorrow, cba to get it.
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On June 19 2012 14:53 Froadac wrote:
No, I have general anestheisa. I'll just have a lot of pain after, hence narcotics.
Yeah, klippel feil syndrome. Genetic.
Previous doctor just got sued for malpractice, which lead UCSF to take over orthopedics for oakland childrens.
Ah, okay just making sure. I recently had a procedure as well (MUCH more minor) and they only gave me morphine and a local anesthetic so I was wondering about that ><
And wow, that's some serious stuff, so depressing that you had that doctor and when you needed all the help you could have gotten what with the congenital disorder :/
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That sucks man, I hope all goes well.
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Ah well. Heading to bed. See you guys on the other side.
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GL yo. See you back on TL in several days 
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Fingers are crossed for everything going the best it possibly can!
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Best of luck man, it seems to be a pretty major surgery.
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My surgery was not as big of a deal as yours, just 7 bones in the wrist broken, but as to morphine:
I am 6 foot, 170 pounds. (~180cm, I don't remember kg) and the morphine kept me asleep for 8 hours, and then affected me for several more hours with drowsiness.
Waking up from morphine is like waking up hung over without a headache, it is quite a curious experience, and I actually remember it with fondness oddly enough.
Gl with your operation, hopefully it goes well.
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Wow, that's big. Our thoughts are with you. gl gl
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Jeesh. Whenever I hear spine I'm scared to death. Same with elbows or knees.
Good luck. =S
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Don't get too constipated from the narcs
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Good luck mate! You have a rough couple of days ahead of you
Best wishes
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oh wow good luck man hopefully everything goes well
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On June 19 2012 14:38 Froadac wrote:Hello. I bring you my latest series. HOSPITAL BLOGS Brought to you from the UCSF ICU/Floor, they will portray me as i have rather major surgery, probably will be in a halo for a week, then will finish it off with a second procedure. 3-4 days later I'll be discharged. My rant on my medical issues can be found here: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?id=211684I think a lot of what happens in a hospital or after a major surgery isn't terribly well known. I'll try to keep a list of what happens at each time. Being at UCSF, a world class hospital, I'll try and compare it to my prior experiences at other facilities and hospitals. I'll be on really strong morphine tomorrow, and probably the day after, so things may be a little bit off. I'll have a rather long break. For those of you interested, the surgeons plan on removing bone at the C7 T1 juncture and tilt back my head. My spinal fusion has pseudoarthritis at that juncture, and has fallen forward, contributing to poor posture. From there the two surgeons will pull my head back up. In hte process they will retool my entire spinal fusion, removing screws from low in the fusion, due to the extremely poor placement of the first procedure. In the middle they will fix poorly inserted screws, and they will pull back the head at the top. The surgeon will attempt to affix at C5, and if necessary use a halo to stabilize until the anterior procedure can occur in six days. If not necessary a cervical collar will be used. If inadequate fixture can be achieved, they will fuse from the top of my existing fusion (c5) to T2. I really want to avoid this, but there is around a ten percent chance of it happening. Around 5 % of being in halo for 4 weeks post op. My second procedure is anterior. They will remove a frontal plate, and insert a new one bridging the juncture. They will take bone marrow from the hip in the middle of this. They'll try to fix my neck scar which is big and inflamed. Anyways, it'll be a while guys. Things should work out, I should be able to resume lifting, I'll go to UCSD in relatively good shape, etc. I'll bring you part 1 as soon as I am coherent post-op.
holy god! i havent been to USCF in a long time
maybe bout 4 month since my cancer check
I got a tumor down in the l-4(above buttcrack rly close to spine) and was cancerous
Had to get surgery there(oh yea Chemo and all that baby shit), leaving scars down my stomach and down my back
so fucking stupid left some stupid(forgot word xD)aftereffect?(side effect problems issues for later life)
spent a good 2-3 months i think in ICU/Hospital
I wish u luck man It was hard to get thru it
but neck surgery im not sure about how serious its going to be after surgery
Come back to use mang
im sure ur going to be craving to get back into season and steal some ladder points!!
GLGLGLGLYO
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Good luck Frodac! I didnt realize how much was being done. I'm sure everything will go well.
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Thanks. I'm writing a blog, but narcos are making me slow in more than one way. Once it's done, you can see what it has been like up to this point, although I still have anotehr procedure on Tuesdaty.
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Glad to hear you're okay.
Don't even know you, but read some of your blogs and since you hadnt written anything for some days i was a little bit worried.
Waiting for your blog.
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All the best in your recovery.
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I'm still fine. Just have been more effected by pain meds than expectd.
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Yo! Saw you posting around a bit. I assume everything went well?
Glad to have you back ^^
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