Hello Everybody,
I am a new member. I am a 46 year old woman who was diagnosed with idiopathic scoliosis in 1972. I wore a Milwaukee Brace for almost 4 years and the doctor wanted to perform the Harrington Rod sugery but my parents declined. I tried living a somewhat normal life. I had 5 healthy children. Then in the early "90's" I decided to have Harrington Rod surgery so in April of 1991 the surgery was performed. I had major pain after the surgery and and the years went by the rods started to cause severe pain. I was X-rayed only to find out that the right rod broke in half causing severe pain and the brackets and screws were infecting my muscles and gnawing at my bones, so I had them removed in September of 1999. Now I live on pain medication daily. All of the orthopaedic doctors I've seen practically tell my there is nothing they can do for me and to just deal with the pain. Recently I've noticed that I have brown blotches on the thoraic region of my back on both the left and right side and don't know what these blotches are. My current doctor is a "QUACK" literally. He won't refer me to any specialist just told me to keep taking my pain pills. I can't change doctors until October. Can anyone out there help me and suggest what I should do next?
I am a new member. I am a 46 year old woman who was diagnosed with idiopathic scoliosis in 1972. I wore a Milwaukee Brace for almost 4 years and the doctor wanted to perform the Harrington Rod sugery but my parents declined. I tried living a somewhat normal life. I had 5 healthy children. Then in the early "90's" I decided to have Harrington Rod surgery so in April of 1991 the surgery was performed. I had major pain after the surgery and and the years went by the rods started to cause severe pain. I was X-rayed only to find out that the right rod broke in half causing severe pain and the brackets and screws were infecting my muscles and gnawing at my bones, so I had them removed in September of 1999. Now I live on pain medication daily. All of the orthopaedic doctors I've seen practically tell my there is nothing they can do for me and to just deal with the pain. Recently I've noticed that I have brown blotches on the thoraic region of my back on both the left and right side and don't know what these blotches are. My current doctor is a "QUACK" literally. He won't refer me to any specialist just told me to keep taking my pain pills. I can't change doctors until October. Can anyone out there help me and suggest what I should do next?
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