Hello,
My name is Lisa and I am 27 years old. I had surgery for scoliosis when I was 13 years old. I was fused from the back from T4 to L3 (12 vertebrae) and also fused from the front from T4 to T9. My curves were 75 and 55 and due to the severity they did these extensive surgeries. I had some problems when I was younger with sitting and occassional pain with weather changes, etc. On top of that I am a migraine sufferer (runs in the family), which does not help. Then, last April I woke up one day in excrutiating pain. I didn't make to work for almost 15 days in one month! My regular family doctor put me on an anti-inflammatory and a pain killer. He also sent me for an x-ray, which they thought might have showed a loose screw. I had a bone scan which said there was no infection. I've seen two orthopaedic surgeons who have said that the fusion and hardware are fine. Then why am I in so much pain??? I am so frustrated with seeing doctors and they tell me there is nothing wrong, but I am still in so much pain! Am I supposed to feel this much pain? Does anyone out there know of any good doctor's in Canada (Toronto, Hamilton area) that deal with these kinds of situations 14 years after surgery? Every doctor I see is so afraid to touch me, they give me no answers and just tell me it's chronic pain due to the original surgery.
Lisa
My name is Lisa and I am 27 years old. I had surgery for scoliosis when I was 13 years old. I was fused from the back from T4 to L3 (12 vertebrae) and also fused from the front from T4 to T9. My curves were 75 and 55 and due to the severity they did these extensive surgeries. I had some problems when I was younger with sitting and occassional pain with weather changes, etc. On top of that I am a migraine sufferer (runs in the family), which does not help. Then, last April I woke up one day in excrutiating pain. I didn't make to work for almost 15 days in one month! My regular family doctor put me on an anti-inflammatory and a pain killer. He also sent me for an x-ray, which they thought might have showed a loose screw. I had a bone scan which said there was no infection. I've seen two orthopaedic surgeons who have said that the fusion and hardware are fine. Then why am I in so much pain??? I am so frustrated with seeing doctors and they tell me there is nothing wrong, but I am still in so much pain! Am I supposed to feel this much pain? Does anyone out there know of any good doctor's in Canada (Toronto, Hamilton area) that deal with these kinds of situations 14 years after surgery? Every doctor I see is so afraid to touch me, they give me no answers and just tell me it's chronic pain due to the original surgery.
Lisa
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