Third Follow up Appointment and 6 months since surgery

Hello again,



I guess I should first start off with there being a mix up or something at the specialists office and somehow there was no record of my appointment with my specialist in January so technically to him, this may have been my second appointment. No problems though-things happen.



My appointment was on April 15, which was also 6 months since my surgery. An anniversary of sorts I suppose. Unfortunately my specialist ran late with a surgery or something and we had to wait for a couple of hrs but I would rather him do a good job in what he is doing and not rush anything and risk making a mistake just to make it on time to other appointments. He is great at what he does and spends how ever much time with us that we need and doesn't rush us which may account for why he runs late. So I don't mind waiting so much b/c I know he is giving every patient the time they need. I just felt the need to share that. I had an idea that there would be good and bad news with this appointment which there was. The good news was that I could totally toss the brace and be rid of the thing which was soooo amazing!!! I of course had been told I could start weening off of the brace about a month or so earlier but now I could just completely toss it! That was great news. I did have to mention to him about the issue of the added pain from the loose rod when I was not wearing the brace. Again, I need to say that I can't remember exactly how the appointment went b/c I was quite nervous about the probibility of needing more surgery. So I am not sure exactly what order things happened but soon after I told him about the rod, he took us to the screen that showed my xray of my back (which was really fascinating!) and explained some stuff and what would be done with surgery if I went through with it. I could not stand for very long so I had to go back to the bed I had been laying on and my mom took over asking questions and stuff which was great. Supposedly, my mom said he highly reccomended that I have the surgery which helped me make a decision on whether I would go through with it or not.

I spent the ride home debating whether I should or should not have the surgery and I believe that I spent at least the next few days deciding for sure if I would go through with it.