.......really dont know what to say or where to start,but my pal has a major problem with his 6th vertabra docs have said 70% chance he'll be dead from the neck down............at the mo he's in singapore and on thursday he's going in for "traction" for 20 odd days, but the docs have said they dont hold much hope.......i've phoned my ostiopath (just to ask about it) but he's on holiday and i'd just like somone to speak to cos at the mo my head is fucked.........i'm his next of kin and if he's in a life or death situation he's told me to pull the plug......i'm going out to see him soon,before they operate...............cheers Pete

 

How the fuck did that happen?

I've not got anything useful to add, only good wishes that he will be OK.

 

pete ill ask sarah when she gets in for you as she used to be a spinal injury nurse

 

..............honestly, the docs are blaming "posture" sat at his laptop at work..........normaly see it in older people.............fuckn mad as........

 

if it's his posture it won't be life threatening

unless he's got some sort of degenreative bone deasease lke osteoporosis or something like brittle bones

 

...they're removing the bone and replacing it with plastic one and fusing his 5,6,7th vertibra...............if they mess it up he could die or be on life support..........he hasn't just got a "bad neck"

 

what??!!?!?!?!?

i've got fused vertebrea in my back, my cousins got a metal plate holding 5 of his together

i'm sure they know what they are doing but "removing" the bone? what's going to hold his spinal colum together?

 

a plastic one...like a hip or knee replacement..then they lock three bones together

 

pete sarah said is it his c6 or t6?

 

......if she's home i'll ring...???

 

I think it was nuvasive that started out the plastic replacemnt thing......sounds similar to what Nate Quarry had done, he's back to 100% health now so it can definatly go well dude.

 

fingers xx'd....................cheers Sarah

 

no probs chuck

if you have a read of this it might explain things a bit better.

http://www.sci-recovery.org/sci.htm

 

Dave has had that operation, one of the discs in his neck was crushing the spinal cord. So he had the disc removed and a carbon one put in.


It is a bit of a scary time, as we got told if the operation when wrong then it would be serious. But when you have a brain surgon telling you the percentage of that happening makes you feel a bit more at ease.

And Dave recovered 100%, He was working on YUM 3 weeks after his op

 

thats reassuring Helen, im sure Pete appreciates it

Sarah