Second Follow-up Appointment after Surgery

My second follow up appointment was January 29 and the weather was not great again but at least it wasn't -40 something with windchill. I was rather excited to get out again. At least this time I knew what to expect in terms of pain to travel to Edmonton which was something I was unsure of with the first follow up.

We had to wait awhile again but there wasn't much we could do about that. My sister and I discovered that we could switch the channel on the tv in the waiting area so we turned it to CTV b/c we totally prefer them over the other stations (no offence to the other stations). Also no one else was watching the tv so we figured why not. We actually were having a fair bit of fun whispering to each other and amusing ourselves so I kept my mind off the pain from my back a bit and the time went by a little quicker.

As for the appointment -sadly, I learned that first of all, I would have to continue wearing my brace for another couple of months which was not great news but at least the good news was that the rod had not come loose any farther. So the brace was doing it's job. My specialist also told us that at that point that there wasn't much that could be done but surgery might still happen. As far as I gathered, he had to wait for the spine to fuse before doing another surgery. Also he was concerned about my weight which still wasn't going up but actually down. My weight was seriously lower than it should have been. So he talked with us about meal replacements and stuff to try as well. I was not looking forward to having to try Boost! Overall, this appointment was better in the sense that we didn't receive any news that had us so worried like the first appointment. Yet we still thought of alot of questions we forgot to ask once we got to the van. I really hate when that happens! I think it is common though? We just would have to remember the next time I suppose.