So I had my doctors appointment today. We went expecting to just have xrays done and to check to make sure it is still in correct alignment. I was in for a big surprise for sure.
Once I was in the room to take x-rays the tech informed me that the orders were incorrect. She had said they wanted to forward and rear flexing films. Well you cant do that with the halo on. So she checked with the doctor and YES in fact I was getting the Halo off today. Wow, is all I could think.
After the films were taken I returned to the room to inform Mindy about what I was just told. You should have seen the look in her eyes. It was priceless. We were not ready for this today for sure.
We had been expecting my next appointment to be the one when I had the Halo removed. We were getting ourselves ready for that day.
I was shocked for sure to get it off today. All things going through my head.....I get to shower, I get to hug my wife and daughter without having to worry about hitting them in the face with my brace. I have to say though getting to have a shower for the first time since june 22 will be really awesome.
It is pretty funny story how the doctor said he would be taking the halo off. He said I will be right back I need to get my tool box. So he literally left the room and came back with a Craftsman tool box full of tools he needed to remove the halo. I thought he was joking. Nope he wasn't the tool box literally said Craftsman right on the top.
Once they started to remove the halo I felt my head wander a little bit. It started to feel really lite. They did it in stages. First they took off the vest portion. It was very dirty, it is amazing how much crap accumulates underneath it. They had to undo the screws that hold the upright braces in place. Next they removed the uprights from the halo piece around my head. As they do this I am starting to feel my head move more and more. It is beginning to be such a relief to have it off. The final piece to be removed is the ring around my head that the pins are attached to. As the pins are being removed it feels like they are being turned the wrong way. They start to hurt as they are being undone. Then as quickly as the pain from them came away it went. It was such a relief to have them out. No pain at all.
It was really funny as they were doing this Alex was not happy with them at all. She did not like them messing with her dad at all.
So now I am in a hard collar brace for the time being.
The craziest part of all of this is that the doctor said I can resume normal activities as soon as I want to. I can not believe that at all.
My next appointment is the 20th of September. By the time I go to this appointment my doctor wants to have me not wearing the brace at all during the day. CRAZY!!!!!
Now I have to work on stretching my muscles in my neck to gain back mobility.
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