Hello all:
I just became a member of this forum and it's been quite interesting. I had Scoliosis surgery in 1978 at the age of 13 at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in NYC. My surgeon was Dr. Hugo A. Keim. I don't remember at all the degrees of my curvature or which type was it. I do however remember being in the hospital for 3 weeks and wearing a body cast for 9 months. I had the fusion done and have the Harrington rod also. My first pregnancy gave me a lot of pain in my back but my second was great. Had vaginal birth with NO EPIDURAL (OUCH). Both my daughters have Scoliosis as well but very very minimal. No treatment needed so far, but I do take them for follow-up every six months. Lately I have been expiriencing the worse pain ever on my lower back as well as painful left side of my neck and my left arm goes numb or cramps daily, not to mention a stiff neck that lasted 2 weeks. I had an MRI done, but the closest appt that I can get for an orthopedic surgeon is in mid Feb., but the lower lumbar MRI is all blurry due to the rod. Anyway, about 17 years ago the bottom part of my rod came loose and my doctor told me that if I wanted I could remove "the hardware". I was afraid of doing and now I was wondering if all this discomfort and pain was due to that. I have 2 appts in Feb., one with an orthopedic surgeon and one with a neurologist, but in the meantime I am going crazy will all kinds of thought about this. HELP
I just became a member of this forum and it's been quite interesting. I had Scoliosis surgery in 1978 at the age of 13 at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in NYC. My surgeon was Dr. Hugo A. Keim. I don't remember at all the degrees of my curvature or which type was it. I do however remember being in the hospital for 3 weeks and wearing a body cast for 9 months. I had the fusion done and have the Harrington rod also. My first pregnancy gave me a lot of pain in my back but my second was great. Had vaginal birth with NO EPIDURAL (OUCH). Both my daughters have Scoliosis as well but very very minimal. No treatment needed so far, but I do take them for follow-up every six months. Lately I have been expiriencing the worse pain ever on my lower back as well as painful left side of my neck and my left arm goes numb or cramps daily, not to mention a stiff neck that lasted 2 weeks. I had an MRI done, but the closest appt that I can get for an orthopedic surgeon is in mid Feb., but the lower lumbar MRI is all blurry due to the rod. Anyway, about 17 years ago the bottom part of my rod came loose and my doctor told me that if I wanted I could remove "the hardware". I was afraid of doing and now I was wondering if all this discomfort and pain was due to that. I have 2 appts in Feb., one with an orthopedic surgeon and one with a neurologist, but in the meantime I am going crazy will all kinds of thought about this. HELP
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