“Doctors were wrong,” the married mother lamented in her viral TikTok testimonial.
Bear revealed on TikTok that her spinal AVM was initially misdiagnosed by doctors as sciatica when she was 36 weeks pregnant.The new mom claimed she’d never experienced any symptoms of her spinal abnormality until she became pregnant.A rarity, spinal AVM, or spinal arteriovenous malformation, is a tangle of blood vessels on, in or near the spinal cord.
, and most people aren’t even aware that they suffer with the condition until it’s diagnose via X-rays, MRIs and CT scans. Without treatment, a spinal AVM can rupture, causing bleeding into surrounding areas.after undergoing an embolization — a procedure that uses tiny particles, such as tiny gelatin sponges or beads, to block a blood vessel — as well as AVM resection.
“Spinal AVM resection is a scary procedure with a long and difficult recovery,” Bear penned in the caption of the clip, featuring footage of her inOnline, Bear admitted to crying after her seeing herself in a wheelchair for the first time after undergoing surgery.in front of me, my heart sank, to my stomach and my eyes filled with tears,” she admitted. “It was the first time I saw myself in a wheelchair and leg braces after my 1 embolization and 2 surgeries to remove my spinal AVM.
Bear confessed that being faced with the reality of her condition was nearly more than she could bear. “Nothing prepares you for this moment where you see this new, broken version of yourself,” she said. “Not knowing if you will ever“The fear that floods through your body can be debilitating, but you have to remain hopeful,” she encouraged. of a Ekso GT, which she explained to be a “robotic exoskeleton used for over-ground gait training in people with a neurological diagnosis.”TikTok/iz_bear18
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