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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

what i had and what i did

this is the x-ray picture of the problem i had (representative):











and this is the current state of my spine (representative):




the explanation is available here (pics are from here) and here.
my slippage level was just over grade 2 (as per the diagnosis in july 07) and into early grade 3 (just before the surgery).
along with the implants, there is a thick bone dust formation which has been created between the same 2 vertebrae (L5 and S1) which will eventually solidify into a bone providing a unshakable solidity to the region.

3 comments:

Preeti Aghalayam aka kbpm said...

hey hey csm!
welcome back, welcome back (huh huh pun).
please to check out all the dance reality shows on Tam TV while you are there in Chennai. un-miss-able.

csm said...

thankfully i am reclined in a place most of the time which is not close to the telly and hence am spared the tired (tyred) damsels flaunting their non-existent dancing skills.
celebomania is aviodable.

Preeti Aghalayam aka kbpm said...

they are celebrities. oh i did not realise that. that makes all the difference.
hope things are under control. please be good and do everything the docs have ordered.