I'm new to this site and have been reading for a few days. My 13 year old daughter went for her sports physical on Friday and we are told she needs to get Xrays for a mild curvature.
I had the Harrington rod surgery in 1984 at the age of 11 for a 75 degree S curve and am in a fair amount of pain on a daily basis. I went to a specialist about 5 years ago and he prescribed Arthotec. The specialist was had no sympathy for my pain and told me to "live with it". My general practitioner told me that she could refer me to another specialist in another city a couple months ago after seeing an Xray of my back (she thought I had kidney stones, thus the Xray). Anyway, I've been contemplating seeing the specialist. I have good days and bad days, pain wise and I don't want to be laid up from surgery. She said that I am developing bone spurs and arthristis on my lower vertabrae from the fustion. Does anyone else have this problem? I have 2 very active children and don't want to miss their activities!
After all of this, I will put my own pain on the backburner until I hear the results of my daughter's Xrays. I have been worried about the chance of her developing scoliosis for years, and now my fears are a reality. The general practitioner doesn't think that hers will progress because she's almost done with her growth spurt (4 inches in the last year). I worry that the spurt may not be done because she hasn't had her period yet and she's still alot shorter than I am. (Of course, she has 3 very short grandparents and one very tall grandparent, so her chances of being short are pretty good anyway!)
I just want to know if anyone else out there has any similar things going on in their lives? I don't feel like I have anyone to talk to about this.
Thanks and God Bless!
ChristaK
I had the Harrington rod surgery in 1984 at the age of 11 for a 75 degree S curve and am in a fair amount of pain on a daily basis. I went to a specialist about 5 years ago and he prescribed Arthotec. The specialist was had no sympathy for my pain and told me to "live with it". My general practitioner told me that she could refer me to another specialist in another city a couple months ago after seeing an Xray of my back (she thought I had kidney stones, thus the Xray). Anyway, I've been contemplating seeing the specialist. I have good days and bad days, pain wise and I don't want to be laid up from surgery. She said that I am developing bone spurs and arthristis on my lower vertabrae from the fustion. Does anyone else have this problem? I have 2 very active children and don't want to miss their activities!
After all of this, I will put my own pain on the backburner until I hear the results of my daughter's Xrays. I have been worried about the chance of her developing scoliosis for years, and now my fears are a reality. The general practitioner doesn't think that hers will progress because she's almost done with her growth spurt (4 inches in the last year). I worry that the spurt may not be done because she hasn't had her period yet and she's still alot shorter than I am. (Of course, she has 3 very short grandparents and one very tall grandparent, so her chances of being short are pretty good anyway!)
I just want to know if anyone else out there has any similar things going on in their lives? I don't feel like I have anyone to talk to about this.
Thanks and God Bless!
ChristaK
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