Guest guest Posted June 12, 2000 Report Share Posted June 12, 2000 Hi everyone, Sorry about my delay in responding, but getting married this Saturday and no time to read all of the CMT mail. Gretchen, I had a vertebrae fusion a long, long time ago. It seems one of my (lower) vertebrae did not connect together when I was born. Looked lite 2 separate vertebras. The doctor took a piece of bone from my hip and fused them together. I've never had back pain since. The surgery pain came from hip area, not where they fused. I was never sorry I had it done. I know they have improved many things, since I had mine.......the only thing I look at differently now is selective surgery vs. life threatening surgery. Before I knew I had CMT, I'd already had back surgery, three children (one of which was a C-section) a couple of D & C's. Upon finding out about the CMT, Mayo Clinic told me to only have life threatening surgeries. I do believe that these surgeries sped up my progress and symptoms of CMT. Since then I had to have a cancer surgery. Not only can anesthetic disrupt any remission, but you can't know when or if you will get back to the same level of CMT before the surgery. Good luck from Indy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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