I don't know if anyone will remember me, I've been off the site for awhile. Kind of went into a denial thing. Also I have had problems getting back on, forgot my password. I have been on though for a couple of weeks just reading everyone's posts. It has been encouraging to see how well alot of you are doing after your surgeries.
Well it looks like I will be scheduling my surgery for the begining of June with Dr. Agulnick in Garden City on Long Island. I have some questions that of course I think of after I leave the doctor's office. I was told that since last April I progressed about 2 degrees in my curve, and than another degree since last month. I wound up in the emergencyroom under my doctor's orders due to extreme pain, they did an MRI that night and gave me a prescription for a steriod pack, which actually releaved some of the pain. Then today I had my follow up with my dr. who told me that I have along with the scoliosis, a thing called kyphosis and I will need to be fused from my upper thorasic area all the way down to my sagital area. I am a little confused (alot) about this kyphosis situation -- is this fairly common? I know I am jammering on and on, but I know this is where I can get some encouragment, I think I am doing fairly well at keeping calm and coming to terms with the fact that I do need this surgery if I want back a reasonable amount of quality of life that I had before.
Anyway thanks for listening!
Dolores
Well it looks like I will be scheduling my surgery for the begining of June with Dr. Agulnick in Garden City on Long Island. I have some questions that of course I think of after I leave the doctor's office. I was told that since last April I progressed about 2 degrees in my curve, and than another degree since last month. I wound up in the emergencyroom under my doctor's orders due to extreme pain, they did an MRI that night and gave me a prescription for a steriod pack, which actually releaved some of the pain. Then today I had my follow up with my dr. who told me that I have along with the scoliosis, a thing called kyphosis and I will need to be fused from my upper thorasic area all the way down to my sagital area. I am a little confused (alot) about this kyphosis situation -- is this fairly common? I know I am jammering on and on, but I know this is where I can get some encouragment, I think I am doing fairly well at keeping calm and coming to terms with the fact that I do need this surgery if I want back a reasonable amount of quality of life that I had before.
Anyway thanks for listening!
Dolores
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