I had to make a post today to celebrate my one year anniversary of my surgery. This surgery was a miracle in my life and I think even more life changing than the car accident that caused the damage in the first place. Not only did it give me back everything I'd lost for the 3 years between the accident and the surgery, but it gave me an unbelievable appreciation for the gift of my body and what it can do. I would go through the 3 months of recovery many times over for the benefits I got from the surgery. Within 6 weeks of the surgery I was off all pain meds and hurting less than I had before the surgery. It has only gotten better from there. I mean, I'm a gym junkie now!
But one year ago today I think was just now waking up in recovery and begging to be allowed to roll off of my back. After a 6-8 hour long surgery where they sliced through my muscles, removed a vertebra and replaced it with a titanium cage.
Here is video footage of my car following the car accident:
Here are my before and after pictures: (read the original
Before and After post for more):
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| before 12/10 |
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| after 7/11 |
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