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Reply With QuoteCL- that sounds so fun, I would love to travel like that one day.
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I used to love to travel when I was younger, but now I'm finding alot of peace and beauty right here in my home state. My husband still loves to travel, so he tries to drag me along. We have seen alot of Europe: Italy (any and everywhere; my husband is Italian so he loves going to Italy, Paris (we honeymooned there almost 20 years ago, and have been back a # of times), Germany (and not just for spine surgery!) we did a Rhine River cruise years ago and took in all the castles along the river, awesome. Spain, especially Costa del Sol region, fabulous. In Switzerland, we enjoyed the lovely town of Grindelwald. In Belgium, Bruge and Brussels were awesome. I love buying European linens (table clothes) when I am there and USING them.Outside of Europe, Bermuda, Mexico, Hawaii, Bora Bora, Costa Rica, and too many more to list. I told you my husband loves to travel! My favorite places? That's a tough one, but for sure Bora Bora, and I'm going to pick Spain, because it way always exceeded my expectations and I speak Spanish, so I loved being able to speak the native language with people. But truthfully, I love the good ole' US of A!
• January 2000 MVA passenger, used jaws of life to retrieve me, neck injury and months of PT
• June 2001 Bicycle accident, 2 compression fractures at T12/L1, Vertebroplasty Sept. 2001
• April 2006 right hip, labral tear and repair
• April 2007 3 level ProDisc @ L3/4, L4/5 & L5/6✷ ✷Lumbosacral transitional vertebra; Dr. Rudolph Bertagnoli
• July 2, 2008 ALIF & Laminectomy @ L6/S1
• July 30, 2008 re-opened 28 days later to remove bone cement that had leaked onto S1 nerve root
• August 2008 Pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, re-hospitalized 1 week
• March 10, 2009 Right SI Joint Fusion
• April 27, 2010 2nd right hip arthroscopy to remove adhesions and release psoas muscle
• September 30, 2010 lumbar facet rhizotomy
• December 9, 2010 12 bilateral lumbar trigger point and steroid injections
• December 23, 2010 12 more bilateral trigger point injections w/o steroid
• February 15, 2011 ESI bilaterally in lower lumbar...relief only for few days. Considering 1 more.
Did Spinal Cord Stimulator trial from 5/11/11-5/17/11 with excellent results; Spinal Cord Stimulator surgery is Monday,
July 18, 2011
CL- that sounds so fun, I would love to travel like that one day.
31 years old- 1/06- In wreck with 18 wheeler at 25 years old; 6/06- Head on collision on Interstate, both wrecks other drivers fault. Numerous MRI's, PT, chiropractic, acupuncture, TENS therapy, massage therapy, facet injections, epidural injections, Nerve study, Discogram, confirms pain in L4/5, IDET, decompression, Bi-lateral neurotomy L3/4/5, denied by insurance twice, in Active L clinical trial, had surgery March 17, 2009 in Miami, FL- received Active L disc at 29 years old. Pain and medication free as of October 2010!Mommy to Emma- 8 years, Ava- 6 years & had baby Eli after ADR, via c-section on March 25, 2011, completely pain free still!
You will Kathy. And do it while you are young. Because honestly, I think the appeal wears off when you are older. One of my funnest (I love making up just the right word!) trips ever was when my husband and I were still dating, and I hadn't been to the east coast ever, (he is from the east coast) so he took me to Nantucket Island where we stayed at a lovely, vintage B & B. Well, it rained for the solid week, straight. But we were young and so newly in love, we didn't care. We rented bicycles every day and did everything in the rain, and just had a ball! Life gives you lemons, you damn straight better make that lemonade, right?(gotta love Mr., Ms? Banana!!)
Last edited by Cindylou; 06-03-2009 at 07:44 PM. Reason: One banana too many! Sorry Mr. Banana!!
• January 2000 MVA passenger, used jaws of life to retrieve me, neck injury and months of PT
• June 2001 Bicycle accident, 2 compression fractures at T12/L1, Vertebroplasty Sept. 2001
• April 2006 right hip, labral tear and repair
• April 2007 3 level ProDisc @ L3/4, L4/5 & L5/6✷ ✷Lumbosacral transitional vertebra; Dr. Rudolph Bertagnoli
• July 2, 2008 ALIF & Laminectomy @ L6/S1
• July 30, 2008 re-opened 28 days later to remove bone cement that had leaked onto S1 nerve root
• August 2008 Pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, re-hospitalized 1 week
• March 10, 2009 Right SI Joint Fusion
• April 27, 2010 2nd right hip arthroscopy to remove adhesions and release psoas muscle
• September 30, 2010 lumbar facet rhizotomy
• December 9, 2010 12 bilateral lumbar trigger point and steroid injections
• December 23, 2010 12 more bilateral trigger point injections w/o steroid
• February 15, 2011 ESI bilaterally in lower lumbar...relief only for few days. Considering 1 more.
Did Spinal Cord Stimulator trial from 5/11/11-5/17/11 with excellent results; Spinal Cord Stimulator surgery is Monday,
July 18, 2011
Wow, Germany has soo many cool little spots. Mainz is my favorite big town. I recently discovered Kusel, a cool little town and Idar Oberstein. Here you can go and see a church built into a mountain as well as tour many castle ruins. The history is amazing. When I feel better, I will be going to Sweeden.
So far, Europe has been my favorite. I am not too much for beaches and hot weather (though I thoroughly enjoyed Myrtle Beach, Charleston, and Nice (France)). I am a cold weather type of person (or at least was). There are even really beautiful areas in Seoul and Yongson, Korea. (And snowboarding there is a BLAST! the alps are over-rated). And being from the east coast, there is nothing like Seven Springs (PA) for winter sports and Lake Lure (NC) in the spring/fall.
I really enjoyed Bremen Germany.
I'd love to go back :thumpup:
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* Stenum Hospital (Germany) Maverick disc implanted (10-19-07) L4-L5
* To view my post-op video's click- http://www.youtube.com/ type ADR surgery into the space bar
* Fusion of c5-c6 on (11-02-09) Boston, USAhttp://fusion-c5-c6.blogspot.com/
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