I am 39 and wondering about surgery to correct my spine. I had an x-ray in my teens identifting a 45 degree curvature. It was decided no operation would be done at the time, as it might be dangerous but since then medical technology as advanced. It never really gave me any grief until a couple of years ago. Now i'm getting:
1. Siatica down my left leg, but not as bad as it was 2 years ago.
2. Back ache all over my back depending on what i'm doing like if I go for a 2 min walk the only way to get relief is to lie down on ahard surface or hang from a bar to stretch my back.
3. For about the last 6 months when I'm having a bath I feel my pelvic bone rubbing into my rib-cage. This is not painful but highly uncomfortable and i'm just wondering what else is rubbing away at each other inside me.
I had a pleuedisis on my left lung 5 years ago due to it collapsing a couple of times.
I had a Brain seizure about 14 months ago which I put down to stress, but the neurologist said it was beacause I was taking ZYBAN then he changed his mind and said I was a mild Epileptic!
I am at a time where I feel I need an operation to unable a better quality of life in the future but I can't seem to get Doctors to take me seriously. To get the referral to the specialist I had to put my Doctor in a really uncomfortable position ..ie getting family support. I have an appointment to see a surgeon at the Royal Orthopedic Hospital in Birmingham in March.
Any comments would be appeciated and any advice about what questions to ask the specialist would be good too.
Also, if I had an op is there anyone out there who has had an op and can tell me if there are side effects on the body?
Gees, my brain is a mish mash of questions I need awnsering!
1. Siatica down my left leg, but not as bad as it was 2 years ago.
2. Back ache all over my back depending on what i'm doing like if I go for a 2 min walk the only way to get relief is to lie down on ahard surface or hang from a bar to stretch my back.
3. For about the last 6 months when I'm having a bath I feel my pelvic bone rubbing into my rib-cage. This is not painful but highly uncomfortable and i'm just wondering what else is rubbing away at each other inside me.
I had a pleuedisis on my left lung 5 years ago due to it collapsing a couple of times.
I had a Brain seizure about 14 months ago which I put down to stress, but the neurologist said it was beacause I was taking ZYBAN then he changed his mind and said I was a mild Epileptic!
I am at a time where I feel I need an operation to unable a better quality of life in the future but I can't seem to get Doctors to take me seriously. To get the referral to the specialist I had to put my Doctor in a really uncomfortable position ..ie getting family support. I have an appointment to see a surgeon at the Royal Orthopedic Hospital in Birmingham in March.
Any comments would be appeciated and any advice about what questions to ask the specialist would be good too.
Also, if I had an op is there anyone out there who has had an op and can tell me if there are side effects on the body?
Gees, my brain is a mish mash of questions I need awnsering!
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