Hi Everyone,
My name is Lynette, I'm 44 years old, divorced, with two little boys aged 7 and 9.
I recently had an x-ray done just to see where my scoliosis was at, and found out that within 18 months my lumbar curvature went from 72 to 85 degrees, and my thoracic compensatory curve is 45 degrees. So I have a 45/85 spine right now. My doctor advised me it's definitely time to have surgery otherwise once it goes over 90 degrees, he won't be able to correct it as much as he could right now.
Right now, I'm terrified, mostly because I have two little boys who need me as their father is extremely unreliable and not very attentive to the boys. I just want everything to go smoothly and quickly so that I can get on with raising my two little men.
I'm also going through a court battle with my ex right now which makes my life even more stressful.
Anyway, I'm very blessed to have my mum, who has offered to help me with the boys and helping me. I am concerned for her though as she is 77 years old, and I just don't want her to overdo it. We were all involved in a very bad car wreck four years ago, and my mum has never quite been the same since then, and so I worry about her too - as well as everything else!!! As you can see I'm a worrier
I'm hoping that Dr. Moreno will be able to do my surgery if I can get coverage with United Insurance, I will find out by the end of this week probably. Otherwise I will probably have to have surgery in a hospital much further away from my home with Dr. Cronin, this would be out of network with Humana which would mean it will cost me at least $42,000 with them.
Has anyone else my age with my kind of curvatures had this surgery yet? If so what kind of correction did you get, and what was recovery like? Dr. Moreno said that he'd probably work from T9 to the sacrum, and hopes to get me to about 30 degrees or so.
I'm looking forward to getting to know you all on here, you all seem so happy and positive about everything, which is fabulous.
Lynette.
My name is Lynette, I'm 44 years old, divorced, with two little boys aged 7 and 9.
I recently had an x-ray done just to see where my scoliosis was at, and found out that within 18 months my lumbar curvature went from 72 to 85 degrees, and my thoracic compensatory curve is 45 degrees. So I have a 45/85 spine right now. My doctor advised me it's definitely time to have surgery otherwise once it goes over 90 degrees, he won't be able to correct it as much as he could right now.
Right now, I'm terrified, mostly because I have two little boys who need me as their father is extremely unreliable and not very attentive to the boys. I just want everything to go smoothly and quickly so that I can get on with raising my two little men.
I'm also going through a court battle with my ex right now which makes my life even more stressful.
Anyway, I'm very blessed to have my mum, who has offered to help me with the boys and helping me. I am concerned for her though as she is 77 years old, and I just don't want her to overdo it. We were all involved in a very bad car wreck four years ago, and my mum has never quite been the same since then, and so I worry about her too - as well as everything else!!! As you can see I'm a worrier
I'm hoping that Dr. Moreno will be able to do my surgery if I can get coverage with United Insurance, I will find out by the end of this week probably. Otherwise I will probably have to have surgery in a hospital much further away from my home with Dr. Cronin, this would be out of network with Humana which would mean it will cost me at least $42,000 with them.
Has anyone else my age with my kind of curvatures had this surgery yet? If so what kind of correction did you get, and what was recovery like? Dr. Moreno said that he'd probably work from T9 to the sacrum, and hopes to get me to about 30 degrees or so.
I'm looking forward to getting to know you all on here, you all seem so happy and positive about everything, which is fabulous.
Lynette.
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