Thank-you Cathy and Terry. I'm just glad I should be able to make it up the stairs to sleep when I get home. Yes, Cathy, I have wondered if the transfusions caused the infection. I did politely decline them, but the female doctor in Bertagnoli's practice, her name is escaping me at the moment, said it was absolutely necessary....blood platlets were heart-attack low. In that case, I said, start an IV on every limb.  Thank-you for the well wishes and prayers. Terry, I have only ridden an old-fashioned 3 speed with a wicker basket on the handle bars this spring. Mostly just up at the cabin, on the country roads. Not exactly on par with your 1,000 miles! But certainly better than a boot in the butt.  Good going for you my man! Ride strong.
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CindyLou
bicycle accident 6/19/01
2 compression fractures, T12, L1;
vertibroplasty @ above levels, 9/15/01
4/06 hip labral tear repair
4/07 Lumbar ProDisc replacement by Dr. B., 3 levels; L3-6
7/2/08 ALIF of L6-S1
7/30/08 Removed bone cement.
8/7/08 Diagnosed with pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, pleurisy, pleural effusion.
3/10/09 right SI Joint Fusion; seeing light at end of tunnel, for first time in 8 years!!
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