Hi all,
My daughter is 15 1/2 and was diagnosed with Scoliolis in the fall after 6 months of testing found no reason for her back pain. Now she is at 42 degrees on the lower curve and 24 above. She had bone cancer from 12.5 yrs old to 13.5 years old and has resulting nerve damage from the Chemo. She has been on pain meds (oxycodone, methadone, vicodin, oxycontin (not all at the same time) for years due to ongoing pain from her shoulder (they removed her scapula and clavical due to the bone cancer) and the dr's are now saying that she is in more pain then she should be from the curves. They seem to elude to a drug dependancy problem, which I guess is possible. My question is, how many of you out there know of someone or have experience back pain yourself from the scoliosis? Did surgery (rods& fusion) work for the pain? Some of her dr's seem to think it's all in her head. She goes for surgery May 3rd and her Oncologist and Psychiatrist are argueing with me and her spine specialist saying that the pain isn't from her curve and they want her in a "better mental state" before surgery. This will be her 5th surgery and she's been afraid for her life for years and dealt with pain for years. Of course she is depressed, anxious, and upset.
We have tried acupunture, PT, counseling, bracing and lots of pain meds and nothing has worked.
Thanks for your time, Matt
My daughter is 15 1/2 and was diagnosed with Scoliolis in the fall after 6 months of testing found no reason for her back pain. Now she is at 42 degrees on the lower curve and 24 above. She had bone cancer from 12.5 yrs old to 13.5 years old and has resulting nerve damage from the Chemo. She has been on pain meds (oxycodone, methadone, vicodin, oxycontin (not all at the same time) for years due to ongoing pain from her shoulder (they removed her scapula and clavical due to the bone cancer) and the dr's are now saying that she is in more pain then she should be from the curves. They seem to elude to a drug dependancy problem, which I guess is possible. My question is, how many of you out there know of someone or have experience back pain yourself from the scoliosis? Did surgery (rods& fusion) work for the pain? Some of her dr's seem to think it's all in her head. She goes for surgery May 3rd and her Oncologist and Psychiatrist are argueing with me and her spine specialist saying that the pain isn't from her curve and they want her in a "better mental state" before surgery. This will be her 5th surgery and she's been afraid for her life for years and dealt with pain for years. Of course she is depressed, anxious, and upset.
We have tried acupunture, PT, counseling, bracing and lots of pain meds and nothing has worked.
Thanks for your time, Matt
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