Hi Everyone,
I am new to the forum. I think I've searched every resource on the internet that I can find about my curves. I was diagnosed with scoliosis when I was 12 years old. My sister found it when she was trying to get me to do a back-flip and I kept twisting out of it. She looked at my back and told my Mom that something was wrong.. then the long 4 years till I was 16 of wearing the Milwaukee Brace occurred. It's an emotional thing as I think all of us can relate to. Going to school and looking different.. Junior High was brutal to me. I had to wear my brace 23 hours a day only to take it off for gym class and showering. I cheated though to take it off to ride horses. Anyway, years have gone by now and like so many of us in our later years the curves start to hurt or the degrees get bad enough that we have to do something about them. I was told last week that my curves are 63 T and 50 L. That I will need Posterior and Anterior surgery with spinal fusion T4 to pelvic. My husband and I have built a life around our ranch and ride horses for pleasure. I'm not a wahoo riding. We walk mostly. I have been so saddened by the advise that I would never be able to ride again. I have scheduled an second opinion at the Baylor Scoliosis Center in Plano TX at the end of this month. I don't have much pain except in the lower lumbar area that keeps me up at night. I would love to hear from others that have had this long of a fusion and what their life has been like 12 months out after it. I'm feeling emotions of being scared, depressed.. you name it. <3
52 year old female
Milwaukee Brace - 12 years to 16 years - T 35 L 32
2016 T63 L 50
Suggested surgery T4 - Pelvic
I am new to the forum. I think I've searched every resource on the internet that I can find about my curves. I was diagnosed with scoliosis when I was 12 years old. My sister found it when she was trying to get me to do a back-flip and I kept twisting out of it. She looked at my back and told my Mom that something was wrong.. then the long 4 years till I was 16 of wearing the Milwaukee Brace occurred. It's an emotional thing as I think all of us can relate to. Going to school and looking different.. Junior High was brutal to me. I had to wear my brace 23 hours a day only to take it off for gym class and showering. I cheated though to take it off to ride horses. Anyway, years have gone by now and like so many of us in our later years the curves start to hurt or the degrees get bad enough that we have to do something about them. I was told last week that my curves are 63 T and 50 L. That I will need Posterior and Anterior surgery with spinal fusion T4 to pelvic. My husband and I have built a life around our ranch and ride horses for pleasure. I'm not a wahoo riding. We walk mostly. I have been so saddened by the advise that I would never be able to ride again. I have scheduled an second opinion at the Baylor Scoliosis Center in Plano TX at the end of this month. I don't have much pain except in the lower lumbar area that keeps me up at night. I would love to hear from others that have had this long of a fusion and what their life has been like 12 months out after it. I'm feeling emotions of being scared, depressed.. you name it. <3
52 year old female
Milwaukee Brace - 12 years to 16 years - T 35 L 32
2016 T63 L 50
Suggested surgery T4 - Pelvic
Comment