SO for the last few weeks I have been waiting for this appointment to come. It has been stressful waiting to see what will be the outcome. On my last appointment the doctor had said we would know at my next one if the neck had stabilized and if there was going to be a need to have surgery. So we waited and worried and thought about all of the options we would have. We contemplated the worst case scenario and the best. As we got closer the more worry came to be. I was ready to find out what my outcome would be.
After waiting this is what we heard "We will not know if the neck will stay in place until you remove the halo." REALLY I waited for that. Now guess what, I get to wait AGAIN. We took X-rays and they could not tell from them if the neck had started to heal or not. I asked if there was fibrous tissue that had started to develop. They said they couldn't tell. Really all this technology and you can't read the xray.
So after all this time we get to wait again. The next one is in three weeks. SO we just wait and see. The next one will just be to look at the alignment. We just need to make sure it has not moved.
Finally we have a date though as to when i get to have the Halo removed. YEAH. My count down is on till I get to have a SHOWER. The first thing I am going to do is hug my wife and little girl. I miss those. Until then.....talk to you soon.
I have had similar issues. Until they figure out a way to do MRIs on halo wearing patients, we are out of luck. This whole thing is a waiting game.
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