Hello everyone! I'm Sabby, and I'm new here (as well as just discovering I have scoliosis...)
In October of last year (2004), I was hospitalized with a bilateral peripheral neuropathy (nutritional) and had x-rays, cat scans, MRI's, the works. Everything was normal, my spine was perfectly straight.
Back in January, I began having some upper back pain (I have always had a touch of lower back pain due to my weight.) I didn't think much of it, it wasn't too severe (though for it to be noticed through the Morphine I was on for the neuropathy should have led me to suspect something...) I chalked it up to average weight-loss pains (I weighed 315 lbs last year, had a gastric bypass operation and have now lost down to 155 lbs. or so.)
About a month and a half ago, I was looking in the mirror when I noticed my shoulders weren't even - it seemed my left shoulder dipped a slight bit farther than my right. Again, I never thought anything of it - I've never been a normal size in my life, and attributed it to the rapid weight loss.
Last Friday, I went to see a chiropractor who was giving out free x-rays and initial exams. He spotted the irregularity straight away, gave me an x-ray, and low and behold, my spine has a nasty curve at the bottom and the top now! Needless to say, I was a bit shocked.
After being given a few days to think it over (and remember the clues I mentioned earlier), I'm VERY concerned about the rate at which my spine seems to be curving. Is that normal scoliosis behavior? It seems 9 months (since my last normal x-ray) is an impressively short time to see as much degeneration as is apparent on the x-rays. My back is curved enough so that a child could tell it wasn't straight on them.
I'm seeing my Chiropractor tomorrow, and will probably pay a visit to my doctor on Thursday when my husband gets paid.
Any information, links, stories, ANYTHING that anyone can give me will be appreciated. This is still a shock to me, and I'm at a loss as to what I can/should be doing, other than the chiropractic treatments (3x a week, but I only get two weeks worth because they don't accept my insurance!)
~Sabby
In October of last year (2004), I was hospitalized with a bilateral peripheral neuropathy (nutritional) and had x-rays, cat scans, MRI's, the works. Everything was normal, my spine was perfectly straight.
Back in January, I began having some upper back pain (I have always had a touch of lower back pain due to my weight.) I didn't think much of it, it wasn't too severe (though for it to be noticed through the Morphine I was on for the neuropathy should have led me to suspect something...) I chalked it up to average weight-loss pains (I weighed 315 lbs last year, had a gastric bypass operation and have now lost down to 155 lbs. or so.)
About a month and a half ago, I was looking in the mirror when I noticed my shoulders weren't even - it seemed my left shoulder dipped a slight bit farther than my right. Again, I never thought anything of it - I've never been a normal size in my life, and attributed it to the rapid weight loss.
Last Friday, I went to see a chiropractor who was giving out free x-rays and initial exams. He spotted the irregularity straight away, gave me an x-ray, and low and behold, my spine has a nasty curve at the bottom and the top now! Needless to say, I was a bit shocked.
After being given a few days to think it over (and remember the clues I mentioned earlier), I'm VERY concerned about the rate at which my spine seems to be curving. Is that normal scoliosis behavior? It seems 9 months (since my last normal x-ray) is an impressively short time to see as much degeneration as is apparent on the x-rays. My back is curved enough so that a child could tell it wasn't straight on them.
I'm seeing my Chiropractor tomorrow, and will probably pay a visit to my doctor on Thursday when my husband gets paid.
Any information, links, stories, ANYTHING that anyone can give me will be appreciated. This is still a shock to me, and I'm at a loss as to what I can/should be doing, other than the chiropractic treatments (3x a week, but I only get two weeks worth because they don't accept my insurance!)
~Sabby
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