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After a complex back surgery, Barbara Chambers could be herself again. “I have absolutely so much more energy. I\u2019m dancing, I\u2019m skiing, I\u2019m gardening…”<\/p>\n
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Barb had severe scoliosis as a child and, at age 17, had two eight-inch rods inserted into her spine and fused into place with grafted bone. Years of living in a log cabin in Alaska, and working in very labor-intensive jobs, eventually resulted in constant back pain. The pain was severely impacting Barb\u2019s quality of life and her ability to parent her daughter the way she wanted to.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI actually interviewed a couple of different surgeons but I knew that Dr. Eule was my guy. He was very helpful.<\/p>\n This was a very, very big revision. We were looking at ten to twelve hours of surgery. And those old rods had to come out and a whole bunch of new hardware put in. I did end up working with Dr. Eule. He was absolutely on board, understood my fears and said there was no hurry. We tried a few things along the way. I had a couple of epidurals but it came to the point where I knew I was ready.<\/p>\n I was motivated by wanting my quality of life back. I had the surgery last summer and in retrospect it feels like I had it 10 years ago. I just have absolutely no pain. I have absolutely so much more energy. I\u2019m dancing, I\u2019m skiing, I\u2019m gardening. My daughter has wanted a puppy forever and I didn\u2019t have the energy. Now we have a puppy!<\/p>\n Life is good. I absolutely wish I had had surgery earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#046095″ global_module=”272142″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” width_tablet=”” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_cta title=”Questions?” button_url=”tel:19075622277″ button_text=”Call Us Today” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_enable_color=”off” custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”24px” button_text_color=”#000000″ button_bg_color=”#B2BB38″ button_border_width=”0px” button_border_radius=”35px” button_icon=”||divi||400″ button_icon_placement=”left” button_on_hover=”off” button_alignment=”center” text_orientation=”left” text_orientation_tablet=”” text_orientation_phone=”center” text_orientation_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The OPA team includes Alaska\u2019s leading specialists and offers some of the latest, most advanced treatment procedures available today.<\/p>\n OPA treats a wide variety of conditions and offers comprehensive treatment options \u2014 including many non-surgical solutions, minimally invasive arthroscopies (repairs) and total joint replacement.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_cta][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After a complex back surgery, Barbara Chambers could be herself again. “I have absolutely so much more energy. I\u2019m dancing, I\u2019m skiing, I\u2019m gardening…”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272041,"parent":271980,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"specialty_type":[],"provider_location":[],"page_type":[92],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n