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Cheryl Anglin
At the age of 48, Cheryl Anglin was diagnosed with spondylolisthesis after she started feeling pain radiate down her right leg. She was diagnosed by her doctor in Jackson, Mississippi, and underwent her first operation on September 17, 2003. Her doctor removed the disk between her L4 and L5 successfully, but told Cheryl she needed to follow up the surgery with a spinal fusion.
Cheryl developed a blood clot in her right leg, which made her high risk for another surgery. Cheryl’s leg pain did subside, but her lower back pain increased as time went on. After suffering for three years, Cheryl’s doctor sent her to see the head of spinal orthopedics to get a second opinion on whether she could be operated on. Likewise, he thought she was too high-risk to operate on.
Cheryl finally went to Texas Back Institute and met with Dr. Hochschuler about what could be done to ease her pain and get her life back to normal. On January 7, 2008, Dr. Hochschuler performed a spinal fusion on Cheryl. “I really didn’t have any fears,” she said. “I had heard Dr. Hochschuler was the best, so I prayed about it and was at peace going in to the surgery.”
The X-rays indicated that the fusion was forming the bone and that she was continuing to improve. She now walks three to five miles a day and is on a recommended high-protein, high-calcium and low-fat diet. She has even been granted permission to participate in her favorite activity of all, ballroom dancing, on a limited basis. “I am grateful Dr. Hochschuler took a special interest in my case since I was so high risk,” Cheryl said. “No one in Mississippi would take the chance to fix my back, but thankfully Dr. Hochschuler did, and was successful.”
Cheryl recommends Texas Back Institute to anyone suffering from back problems, because “life is too short not to get the most out of it.”