Hi Everyone,
I've only posted once here before but I'm hoping to get some suggestions or advice.
I was diagnosed w/ scoliosis when I was 13 and I am now 26. I went to an Orthopedic Surgeon last August. He wanted to do the surgery as quickly as possible. I do not remember the degree of curvature but its bad. I am very hunched over. My right shoulder is noticably higher than the left and I have begun to have pain in my right lung, which the surgeon had told me could happen from the way spine and back are curving.
My dilemma is this: I'm a single mom to a 16 mos old boy. We live alone. I have no one to help me after the surgery. The surgeon said it is absolutely necessary to have someone help me w/ my son for 3 mos after the surgery. Does anyone know of any programs that provide help like this? I was going to wait until he was 5 or 6 because I figured I wouldn't have to lift him as much, but I have been in so much pain lately and the curve is just getting worse and worse, that I definitely think I need to go in for surgery sooner rather than later. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! TIA
Lois
I've only posted once here before but I'm hoping to get some suggestions or advice.
I was diagnosed w/ scoliosis when I was 13 and I am now 26. I went to an Orthopedic Surgeon last August. He wanted to do the surgery as quickly as possible. I do not remember the degree of curvature but its bad. I am very hunched over. My right shoulder is noticably higher than the left and I have begun to have pain in my right lung, which the surgeon had told me could happen from the way spine and back are curving.
My dilemma is this: I'm a single mom to a 16 mos old boy. We live alone. I have no one to help me after the surgery. The surgeon said it is absolutely necessary to have someone help me w/ my son for 3 mos after the surgery. Does anyone know of any programs that provide help like this? I was going to wait until he was 5 or 6 because I figured I wouldn't have to lift him as much, but I have been in so much pain lately and the curve is just getting worse and worse, that I definitely think I need to go in for surgery sooner rather than later. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! TIA
Lois
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