Guest guest Posted January 30, 2002 Report Share Posted January 30, 2002 Hi Everyone I need help. In that I need objective interpretations of my chart regarding weather or not I should go ahead and have spinal surgery with it's long term affects. Being fairly new at reading vedic charts, I am having a hard time synthesizing my own. Reason for asking for objective interpretations. I see a lot but I am too close to it to put it into proper perspective. I know this is a lot to ask but without holding anyone to their interpretation, I already know how bad my spine is. I have had 3 prior spinal surgeries and bacterial meningitis from one. The question now becomes,even though I anatomically need the surgery - should I have it now? have it at all? or wait until it is severe. Where I would be a lot weaker and my function would be severely impacted. (Bowel, bladder control etc etc.) Right now the doctors are saying that my function and pain is moderate to severe. I can not have any epidural injections for fear of high risk of Meningitis again. I am fuse from T9 to L4 with rods. Which means I am solidly fixed from my wing span down to my lower back. If I have the surgery I will be refused with rods down into the middle of my sacral area from T9 to S4 with bone grafts taken from both of my hips again. I will loose my flexibility. There is a very high risk of paralyzes, bacterial spinal meningitis and failure of fusion. My other spinal surgeries that I have had in the past 9 years took about one year to one and half years to recuperate from. The doctors are telling me this surgery would be a two year recovery if it is successful. I have adult scoliosis (corrected curve with rods and bone graphs, 40* at lower back, 24* at middle of back and 17* at cervical or upper back and neck. I also have osteoarthritis throughout my body which is complicating matters with my spine. I also have Atrial Fib and fair health in general. I am prepared to be in a wheelchair ( I was told I would be in one by the time I was 40) if I have too, but as of now, I do not see myself paralyzed. Actually, I see myself in the future being up and around conversing and communicating with people. I really understand the complexity of the situation. So fear not. Any advice would be helpful. July 28th 1951 Chicago, Illinois (St Lukes) hospital 9:06 am* *My mother swears I was born a little after 10am but my birth certificate says 9:06am. I am thinking that at the time in Illinois, at this particular hospital, birth certificates were adjusted for Daylight Savings Time from the time on the wall. dqm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2002 Report Share Posted January 30, 2002 Dear Debra, I am using 9:06 birthtime. Your spiritual warrior Mars AK sure is ringing through your writing even under such duress that you report to us. Bless you! Even with transiting Sa in Ta on top of your Moon and natal Sa on the lagna and asp the AK by rasi dristi it does not diminsh the graced spiriutal power I feel from within you! tSa also aspects Su and when tSa moves into Gem, he will also asp Leo, so I am wondering about the timings surgeons are giving you as options for surgery. It appears hard for quite a while (a couple years based on tSa), but spiritual warriors know that "hard" is not necessarily "bad" per se. The Divine Clock and Wheel of Destiny is all about transformation and purification anyway. Do you do any spiritual practices? Mantras? In jyotish we also know that the 12th house has a lot to do with renunciation of the material world and Maya. It seems you are learning a lot about those things this life, with pain. The medical challenges and pain are the medicine too, albeit challenging. Leo is also A8 & A9, so thru these painful spinal things you learn about transformation and higher spiritual things, along with the help of jyotish (Me-Ke). Also, both Su and Ju are in Sarpa drekkena degrees so you are also working with activation of kundalini even if the boney-spine is challenged with pins. Su is often indicator of spine. Me-Ke can give the nervous system afflictions too. More to say, but gotta run for now. Love and blessings, Tara ps feel free to e-mail me privately too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2002 Report Share Posted January 30, 2002 Dear Tara How kind of you to write so warmly. I have printed out your email and am know going to devour it's information and apply it to my chart. You asked when the doctors wanted to do surgery. The answer is within the next few months. Actually, the only thing holding up scheduling the surgeries (there will be two - 10 days apart - posterior and anterior) and hospitalizing me for 3 weeks or more, is the doctor's insistence on all his patients that have to have revisions or this kind of surgery outright is a psychological evaluation; to make sure the patient is well aware of all the risks and the recuperation time. I have scheduled an appointment (the earliest I could get) for the 3rd week in February. I have also sent for and received my x-ray films and myleogram films which I am taking to a pain specialist and a neuro surgeon being that my doctor is a spinal orthopedist. Actually, he is one of the best in the country. However, I want to explore every possibility, but quite frankly I don't know why because I can feel my body and know it's time. Saying that though conflicts with should I or not. When you talked about tSA and SU and Leo, I understand completely. And you are correct, I am not so much afraid as I know it will be a long battle - and is it worth it? Of course I have been told that the battle I am fighting know is leaving me exhausted and in a great deal of pain that won't have a chance to get better unless I go ahead with the surgery. Even with al the risks. As my cousin put it "Your miserable now and will be for the next two years anyway, you might as well have the surgery and be miserable" Point well taken. I have been with this orthopedic surgeon for 10 years now and I am very well aware of his tendency to blame the patient if something doesn't go right only to go back into surgery and find I wasn't exaggerating at all. My body is having a difficult time holding the sugeries without failure or bones collapsing and fracturing even with bone grafts and rods. You asked me if I did any mantras. No, not in the way that you understand. I would say it is more of an understanding that I have and I know how fortunate I am compared to so many I see or know. I have good doctors, a family that cares, fabulous children ( that I defend like a mother Lion) and a loving husband who works hard and then comes home and does what I can't do. Including the grocery shopping and cooking. I was also raised with PMA (Positive Mental Attitude) and that has made me strong through the years even when things have been emotionally and physically unbearably bad. I try to be very humanitarian towards others and I reach out to others to help. My faith also plays a big part. I really do feel that I am fortunate and that I have a purpose. I guess that's my mantras. Yes, I would love to hear from you again. I look forward to it. dqm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2002 Report Share Posted January 30, 2002 Namaste Debra, Prayers and blessings. Your question is very,very, very serious and delicate. I strongly urge you to consult your doctors again maybe with 2nd and 3rd opinions. This is not a matter to be taken lightly. I am not sure even this is the right forum. I don't think it is. Even if astrologer is trained in ayurveda or western medicine, he/she is not your personal physician and does not have the full scope of the situation or the expertise to answer properly and you'll put yourself in harms way. The opinions and advices you get here maybe conflicting and confusing if not outright hocus pocus from somebody who wants to get their two cents in without knowing anything. One thing i advise is to meditate to calm and clear your mind so that you can make correct decisions and not be rash. Hari om and Best wishes Hari Das ---------- "Debra Quinn Mehren" <dqm (AT) priority (DOT) com> <GJLIST (AT) (DOT) com> [GJ] Objective Interpretation Wed, Jan 30, 2002, 2:30 PM Hi Everyone I need help. In that I need objective interpretations of my chart regarding weather or not I should go ahead and have spinal surgery with it's long term affects. Being fairly new at reading vedic charts, I am having a hard time synthesizing my own. Reason for asking for objective interpretations. I see a lot but I am too close to it to put it into proper perspective. I know this is a lot to ask but without holding anyone to their interpretation, I already know how bad my spine is. I have had 3 prior spinal surgeries and bacterial meningitis from one. The question now becomes,even though I anatomically need the surgery - should I have it now? have it at all? or wait until it is severe. Where I would be a lot weaker and my function would be severely impacted. (Bowel, bladder control etc etc.) Right now the doctors are saying that my function and pain is moderate to severe. I can not have any epidural injections for fear of high risk of Meningitis again. I am fuse from T9 to L4 with rods. Which means I am solidly fixed from my wing span down to my lower back. If I have the surgery I will be refused with rods down into the middle of my sacral area from T9 to S4 with bone grafts taken from both of my hips again. I will loose my flexibility. There is a very high risk of paralyzes, bacterial spinal meningitis and failure of fusion. My other spinal surgeries that I have had in the past 9 years took about one year to one and half years to recuperate from. The doctors are telling me this surgery would be a two year recovery if it is successful. I have adult scoliosis (corrected curve with rods and bone graphs, 40* at lower back, 24* at middle of back and 17* at cervical or upper back and neck. I also have osteoarthritis throughout my body which is complicating matters with my spine. I also have Atrial Fib and fair health in general. I am prepared to be in a wheelchair ( I was told I would be in one by the time I was 40) if I have too, but as of now, I do not see myself paralyzed. Actually, I see myself in the future being up and around conversing and communicating with people. I really understand the complexity of the situation. So fear not. Any advice would be helpful. July 28th 1951 Chicago, Illinois (St Lukes) hospital 9:06 am* *My mother swears I was born a little after 10am but my birth certificate says 9:06am. I am thinking that at the time in Illinois, at this particular hospital, birth certificates were adjusted for Daylight Savings Time from the time on the wall. dqm Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya; Hare Krishna; Om Tat Sat : gjlist- Terms of Service <> . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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