My (!) in the subject is with a little hesitation, but I did in fact decide this morning in my consultation with Dr. Errico in NY to have the surgery after all. He and his team member (Dr. Stanley) were extremely helpful, reassuring and thorough. My husband and I were there for over an hour with them. I was very impressed with how confident they were. I asked all of the questions I possibly could ask.
I am thinking I will schedule the surgery sometime in the Fall (I want to get it over with, I can't imagine having this linger in my head for a year!). Of course now I am already wondering if there is some crazy reason I wouldn't be medically approved for surgery - I also have a heart murmur like Greenthumb(?) just posted about. I will be proactive and send my last EKG results in for review just in case. I worry too much, that's just my nature!
Thank you all for your support and advice in my recent posts trying to make a decision. I feel strongly that my curve will continue to worsen (46 degrees currently), and the surgeons agreed my current pain/discomfort will only get worse too. I sort of feel more confident today, and a bit relieved. But I also feel "stress" thinking of how many phonecalls and prep work will go into scheduling the surgery.
Anyway - thanks again, and I'll keep you all posted on my journey!
-Jamie
I am thinking I will schedule the surgery sometime in the Fall (I want to get it over with, I can't imagine having this linger in my head for a year!). Of course now I am already wondering if there is some crazy reason I wouldn't be medically approved for surgery - I also have a heart murmur like Greenthumb(?) just posted about. I will be proactive and send my last EKG results in for review just in case. I worry too much, that's just my nature!
Thank you all for your support and advice in my recent posts trying to make a decision. I feel strongly that my curve will continue to worsen (46 degrees currently), and the surgeons agreed my current pain/discomfort will only get worse too. I sort of feel more confident today, and a bit relieved. But I also feel "stress" thinking of how many phonecalls and prep work will go into scheduling the surgery.
Anyway - thanks again, and I'll keep you all posted on my journey!
-Jamie
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