I also have a new question

[Ukman]

Carebear, don't know if your still here but if I'm reading your post right have you really gone from 5'10'' to 5'4'' in 11 yrs? I know people can lose height with scoliosis but that seems extreme.

[katblack]

I don't that's extreme at all. I lost 3 inches in the last 5 years and I got them all back after surgery.
I was 5'8 to begin with, lost 3 inches and 'shrunk" to 5'5 and when they measured me after surgery, I was once agin 5'8. I didn't gain additional inches but I gained back all that I had lost due to my curve.

[bbest]

I have to agree with Kat. I was 5'5 now I am a dwarf at 5'2.

[Ukman]

It's just that I wasn't aware that you could lose so much height as an adult. I thought the most you'd shrink was an inch or two.

[SandyC]

UKman,
If you think about it, it makes sense that the higher the cobb angle the more you shrenk in height. Take a noodle (cooked) and lay out strieght, then make it curve like scoli. It now has become shorter, even though the same amount of noodle is there

[The Professor]

losing height

I would agree that losing 3 or more inches in height seems extreme. I've lost maybe 1/2 inch in height, but then again, my 2 curves are in the 30 degree range; there are many around this group that have 3-4 times that much curvature.