Well I am 21 years old and i have scoliosis...duh thats why i am here! I live in New York City and i am currently studying to become a nurse. I should be goin in the nursing program in the 2 months! Well my problem is that i have a 68 degree curve in my lumbar spine.I dont have any leg pains but i do get pain from sitting or standing to long. I seen a doc when i was 16 and she told me that i would need surgery... i got soo teffiered that i never went back to her.... my parents never pushed me either! So about 2 weeks ago i went to see another doc. and he told me that i need surgery but he told me that i should wait until i am in more pain. I found that odd because if i wait any longer i know that the surgery is goin to be harder. So i have another apt. with another doctor (doctor Merola) on oct 13. so we'll see how that goes.Has anyone herd of him? or seen him? I would like to have surgery in the summer so that school will not be a factor and hopefully i would be able to go back in sept. I am sorry if this is long! I have read a lot of other post on this site and they helped me a lot but i am still extremely nervouse about this surgery... if i do it now! I know that New york has some of the best doctors but my insurance doesnt have them all. Anyone who has had this surgery... did ur insurance cover the whole surgery or did u end up paying for it? I know that they consider it to be an elective surgery so i dont even know if my insurance will cover it at all....ok well that's all for now... ill be back! thank you for reading and if anyone has anything else to share please do... i want to find out everything that i can pre op to post op.... i know the doctor will tell me stuff but i kind of want personel experiences! THANK YOU
Amanda
Amanda
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