Hi, everyone,
I'm new here. I just got my date set for surgery--July 5th with Dr. Boachie. I've been reading the forum posts for a few months--I should have started earlier, but I think I was in denial about my condition (I'm achy sometimes but rarely have pain). I've learned so much from the forum, and it's wonderful to see the support people give each other.
I was diagnosed with scoliosis at age 16 but the local orthopedist I saw said no treatment was necessary. At the end of senior year in high school my pediatrician said I should see another doctor so my parents took me to a scoliosis specialist. I was fitted with a Milwaukee brace, which I wore 23 hours a day during my first year of college. Then I decided I'd had enough and that was it--no more brace--and I never saw an orthopedist again until I was 31, pregnant and having lower back pain. No treatment was advised, and I'm embarassed to say, I don't remember exactly what my curves were at that time, or what they were in high school--never got the records and they are no longer extant. I think they were in the low 30's in high school and in the 40's when I was 31. In 2003, they were thoracic 50 and lumbar 41, and surgery was not advised at that point. By last December my curves had increased to 57 thoracic and 43 lumbar.
Dr. Boachie is planning to fuse from T2 or T3 to T12.
boomergal
54 years old
T57, L43
surgery scheduled with Dr. Boachie 7/05/11
I'm new here. I just got my date set for surgery--July 5th with Dr. Boachie. I've been reading the forum posts for a few months--I should have started earlier, but I think I was in denial about my condition (I'm achy sometimes but rarely have pain). I've learned so much from the forum, and it's wonderful to see the support people give each other.
I was diagnosed with scoliosis at age 16 but the local orthopedist I saw said no treatment was necessary. At the end of senior year in high school my pediatrician said I should see another doctor so my parents took me to a scoliosis specialist. I was fitted with a Milwaukee brace, which I wore 23 hours a day during my first year of college. Then I decided I'd had enough and that was it--no more brace--and I never saw an orthopedist again until I was 31, pregnant and having lower back pain. No treatment was advised, and I'm embarassed to say, I don't remember exactly what my curves were at that time, or what they were in high school--never got the records and they are no longer extant. I think they were in the low 30's in high school and in the 40's when I was 31. In 2003, they were thoracic 50 and lumbar 41, and surgery was not advised at that point. By last December my curves had increased to 57 thoracic and 43 lumbar.
Dr. Boachie is planning to fuse from T2 or T3 to T12.
boomergal
54 years old
T57, L43
surgery scheduled with Dr. Boachie 7/05/11
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