“Many years of intense pain from scoliosis of the spine and nerve and disc problems resulted in a series of operations that would have been difficult for a young healthy person to endure, much less a woman in her seventies. Surgeons implanted metal rods in her back, from the base of her spine to her neck, that required grafting bone from the hip and leg to use in attaching the rod to the spine. This extremely complicated and dangerous surgery was performed not just once—but multiple times! For v...arious reasons, the rods were taken out, then others reinstalled. Enduring a body cast for six months after several surgeries, and allowing for the healing of the bone grafts, muscles, and nerves, Lorraine found the ordeals were taking a toll on her physical stamina, as it would on anyone’s! They still weren’t right, so yet another surgery, taking out the old rods and installing rods of a more recent technology, seemed successful. Then, over a year’s time of healing and more body casts, she was able to wear a plastic cast that enabled her more freedom of movement.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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