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  • CurvyLady

    Hi,

    I posted a respone to your thread under pain continues. Were you able to read it?

    Thanks for replying,
    Becky

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    Hi Becky,

    Thanks for your reply and yes I could read it.

    I saw an orthopaedic surgeon a few months ago and was told in no uncertain terms that no matter how desperate I got, surgery would not be an option at this point in time. I am already showing some signs of restrictive lung disease and also some heart strain. Although surgery was recommended when I was a teenager, I refused at the time, always assuming that if things became really desperate, I could always resort to it later in life. I guess I was wrong!

    Anyway, I have been trying to digest this news over the past few months. I am now considering early retirement. I have so much I want to do and I know now that I need to enjoy life while I still can!

    Thanks for your reply. I was my very first post but I am looking forward to more discussion in the future. I am so glad I found this forum!

    (By the way....I adopted the name "CurvyLady" from the x-ray technologist who did my latest set of back x-rays. She told me that she was having trouble getting a good picture because I was such a "CurvyLady"!!!!)

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      CurvyLady

      Thanks for the reply. So once the heart is strained this doctor would not operate because of complications with the surgery? How bad is your signs of restrictive lung disease? I am also showing signs of this and wonder if I would be abl to handle the operation. My heart is also showing a little strain. I wonder what a doctor might say to me. Thanks for alittle more information and your willingness to talk to me.

      Becky

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      • #4
        Hi Becky,
        I have to tell you that I have had only one doctor's opinion.I have been advised by another very helpful member of this forum that there are some doctors out there with a great deal of expertise in correcting curvatures and that I should seek a second opinion. I am currently researching some other doctors and I may well take this advice. I haven't given up hope yet!!
        These things are so individual and I would suggest that the only way you will know for sure whether or not surgery is possible for you would be to consult a spine specialist yourself. There are so many factors involved.....age, degree of curvature, heart and lung function and of course the expertise of the doctor. I avoided seeing a doctor myself for many years and now I realize if I had done it sooner, things would probably have been easier.
        Take care and keep me updated!

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